Information for Students & Staff

Students

You are required to log in using your UQ Sign-In username and password before accessing the Internet. You will have to do this each time you use a UQ computer, after which you will have full access to a faster, on-campus Internet.

UQconnect provides you with a sizeable monthly download quota allowance on your free student internet account. Best of all, you have unlimited access to websites on AARNet and its affiliated networks (where a large proportion of your online research material is located). PLEASE REMEMBER TO LOG OUT at the end of each session.

You should note that charges for downloads made using your password will be charged to your account. It is your responsibility to log out of your download quota at the end of each session. UQconnect will not be held responsible for the use of your password if you do not log off.

Staff

You are required to log in using your UQ Sign-In username and password before accessing the Internet. You will generally have to do this once per day, after which you will have full access to a faster, on-campus Internet.

UQ staff are provided with unlimited download quota to all Internet sites.

 

What is the AARNet network?

AARNet Pty Ltd (APL) is the company that operates Australia's Academic and Research Network (AARNet). It is a not-for-profit company limited by shares. The shareholders are 38 Australian Universities and the CSIRO.

AARNet provides high-capacity leading-edge Internet services for the tertiary education and research sector communities and their research partners. AARNet serves over one million end users who access the network through local area networks at member institutions.

The network is built on a highly resilient backbone stretching from Brisbane to Perth with two geographically diverse POP sites in six Australian capital cities with new core routers fully installed. AARNet has achieved high speed access across Australia based on STM-64c (10Gbps) circuits from Nextgen Networks with high speed links to multiple "Tier One" Internet Providers in the USA and SXTransPORT, the joint initiative of AARNet and Southern Cross Cable Networks. Our Optical Regional Network is also providing substantial increases in capacity to Regional Australia.

You can download many popular programs and updates from the AARNet mirrors, without it counting against your download quota.

For further information, visit the AARNet site.

Further information about your download quota...

Students

The Internet connection upgrade, also includes access to the on-campus wireless network and a free national dial-up number. Both of these connection methods require your UQ Sign-In username and password. Any downloads made via these connections, will also count towards your download quota. 

Specific courses may choose to give you additional download pools. For information about these, you must contact your course coordinator. Find out more about your FREE Student Internet Account.
 

Staff

The Internet connection upgrade, also includes access to the on-campus wireless network, VPN and a national dial-up number. These connection methods will be require your UQ Sign-In username and password. 

What if I run out of download quota before the end of the month?

If you exhaust your monthly download quota allowance for commercial traffic, you can purchase additional download quota from UQconnect. Please note, that if you do exhaust your monthly download quota allowance, you will still have unlimited access to sites on the AARNet3 and Internet2 network. Your download quota does not accumulate. At the start of each month you will always have your full monthly download allowance, in your download pool and any un-used quota balances from the month prior, will be forfeited. 

What is the Traffic Management System?

The University has developed software that will allow you to review and manage your download quota. You can access it through your web browser, using your UQ Sign-In username and password at login.uq.edu.au or my.UQ. 

ITS Service Desk "Guide To The Traffic Management and Internet Access System"

User Guide To The Traffic Management and Internet Access System

Accessing the Internet FAQ


 

Page reviewed 13 April 2012