Author: Margreth Stammbach

ETHIS

ETHIS is the ETH Zurich web portal for personalised access to data, applications and evaluations relating to finance and personnel issues. Basic authorisation All staff are entitled to an ETHIS user. Any member of staff who does not yet have an ETHIS user can open one by logging in to the ETHIS page with the nethz-login. A […]

Mailbox

The mailbox is composed of Mail, calendar, Contacts and Tasks. It is available on all current web browsers and mail clients. The service is available to all ETH Zurich employees, lecturers and students and is free of charge. Further instructions IT Knowledge Base: Mailbox  

Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN)

With your managed Windows or Apple computer Wi-Fi is connected automatically to SSID ETH/ETH5. How to connect manually to the Wifi The ETH works with the SSIDs eduroam/eduroam-5 for students, eth/eth5 for employees and public/public5 for guest users. (SSID = Service Set Identifier – public name of a wireless network). Loging Account: Realm Network name Login name […]

VPN

VPN stands for “Virtual Private Network”. The VPN client is software that allows an encrypted, secure and authenticated connection from remote locations to the ETH network.This is a requirement to access several IT services from outside ETH locations (i.e. when you are connected to the network of an external university, a hotel WiFi network or […]

Printing

The Print service offers the possibility to use services such as printing, copying and scanning. Transfer balance for students Students are not allowed to print unless an employee transfers balance with the print tool at http://www.print.ethz.ch If a student changes his position permanently to a staff member, he or she will be assigned to a organization […]

Windows: Map network drive

Accessing Shares Open “File Explorer” next to the “Start” button.   Select “Computer”. In order to connect to a folder click on “Map network drive” at the top of the window. Alternatively you can right click on “This PC” in the sidebar and select “Map network drive…”. A new window pops up where you can […]

Windows: Recover deleted files

Backup A backup of the home directory is made daily by TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager) with a 3 month retention time. There is no backup for data stored on local disks. Previous Versions Additionally, 4 snapshots (checkpoints, aka previous versions) are taken on the home folders during 16 working days. As soon as a file of folder […]

Being abroad

You can be a long time away from the ETH with a managed Windows device. The power supply should work but you will need an adapter or different power cable. The warranty applies throughout the world. Personal data You can work offline with your files on the desktop and in the documents folder without ETH network. […]

Academic applications

Application Description Course Catalogue Publication listing the range of courses available and the catalogue of lecturers. Available in German and English. eApply Application for a study programme at the ETH Zurich eDoz For all lecturers at ETH Zurich. Available in German and English. myStudies For all students at ETH Zurich and auditors. Available in German […]

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