Guest Houses
The University of Gießen owns 3 guest houses, where guests and their families can live during their attendence for research purposes. In all guest houses, there is an internet connection available.
guest house | address | type of internet connection |
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Alexander von Humboldt-Haus | Rathenaustraße 24a |
by cable and WLAN (eduroam) |
Wilhelm von Humboldt-Haus | Rathenaustraße 24b |
by cable and WLAN (eduroam) |
Gästehaus Strahlenzentrum | Leihgesterner Weg 217 | WLAN (eduroam) |
To use the internet connection by cable, you simply have to connect the ethernet connector of your computer with the ethernet wall outlet and to configure your computer to use DHCP ("automatic IP address detection"). All neccessary parameters will be configured automatically. If you don't own the required ethernet connection cable, you can borow one from the secretary of the guest houses (Jana Jaeger, Tel.: 0641-99-12537).
For use of WLAN with eduroam you have to connect with the SSID "eduroam" and to use the authentication data (account number and password) of your home university.
Please note:
Direct connections to mail servers outside the University of Gießen using port 25 or 465 is forbidden. Please use the submit port 587 or use web mail.