Once
you are a registered Nova Southeastern University student you
will receive:
-
an NSU ID and PIN (which you will use
to register for classes, access your student records and student
services via the Student Information System: http://webstar.nova.edu),
- UNIX
username and password, referred to as NSU Login or Email
Name and password (which you will use to login to NSU
resources and to access your Nova email via web browser, see
instructions below), and
- an
email account (your Nova email address will be: username@nsu.nova.edu,
where username is the Email Name, see above).
Make
sure to keep these various usernames and passwords and not misplace
them. You will use the NOVA email account (separate from your
ISP's email account) to communicate with your teachers and fellow
students at NSU.
To
gain access to the Internet via Nova as your ISP (if you live
in Broward county and do not have an outside ISP like EarthLink,
CompuServe, AOL, etc.) you need to set up your computer for the
connection. It is assumed that your computer has a modem or other
means of connection to the Internet. Click on the links below
for detailed instructions on how to configure different settings
on your computer: http://www.nova.edu/help/internet
Once
you complete the setup of the connection to NSU, you can access
the Internet by clicking on the "My connection" (or
whatever other title you have given to the connection) icon on
your Desktop. After the connection is established start the Internet
browser (click on the Internet Explorer or Netscape icon on your
Desktop).
The first time you open your browser after establishing the connection
to NSU, configure the browser to send and to receive mail. Instructions
for this process are available at: http://www.nova.edu/help/email/
To close the connection when you finish working in your browser,
click on the "My connection" (or whatever other title
you have given to the connection) icon and click on the "Disconnect"
button.
More
information on this subject is available at: http://www.nova.edu/help/support.html
Also, the following is some useful information you might need
for the set up:
| New
Gateway |
137.52.200.1 |
| Primary
Domain Server: |
137.52.224.11 |
| Secondary
Domain Server: |
137.52.224.19 |
| Domain
Name: |
nova.edu |
| POP
Server: |
pop.nova.edu |
| SMTP
Server: |
pop.nova.edu |
| NNTP
(News) Server: |
draco.nova.edu |
Accessing
your email away from home
When
you are not at your own computer (where you have your set up for
email) you can access your email anywhere using any Internet browser.
Just access: http://mail.nova.edu.
You will be asked to enter your NSU (UNIX) username and password.
Forwarding
NSU email to an outside ISP mailbox
If
you are using an outside ISP and would like to forward your mail
from NSU to the ISP (so you don't have to constantly check multiple
mailboxes), you may do that on the web by going to: http://www.nova.edu/common-lib/docs/emailfwd.html.
You will be asked to login using your NSU username and password.
You will need then to enter the email address for your outside
ISP. Note: Don't forget to change the
forwarding address if you change ISPs!
Some
of the resources in NSU are only available to students, faculty
and staff, not to "outside" users. You will be asked
to enter your username and password to access these resources.
Note that NSU uses a Unix operating system. UNIX is case sensitive,
thus "HPD", "Hpd", and "hpd" are
all different names under UNIX. NSU Logins and Passwords are all
in lowercase - make sure the "Caps Lock" key on your
keyboard is not on.
-
Enter your login or username exactly as given, press <Enter>
- Enter
your password exactly as printed (even though you will only
see ****** via PPP or nothing at all in telnet), then press
<Enter>
You
may change your NSU password at http://www.nova.edu/bin/changepass.
Be aware that some of the resources do not update passwords and
require that you continue to use the old password or contact your
professor. More important areas such as online classrooms will
update changed passwords instantaneously or within a few hours.
| Contact
Help Desk: |
Monday through Friday 7:00am - 4:00am EST
Saturday and Sunday 9:00am - 11:00pm EST
|
| Phone: |
(954)
262-4357 or
(800) 541-6682 x 4357 |
| Online: |
http://www.nova.edu/help/ |
