Northwest wants to give campus technology users an on-campus experience that accommodates academic, professional and network entertainment activities such as the use of gaming consoles and popular activities that require certain network ports to be open. Some restrictions apply.
No! In fact, you should not need to request that a port be opened for most online activities including game playing. If a port cannot be accessed, typically it is due to security reasons.
If you have a legitimate academic need for a port to be opened that is not accessible to you, contact the Northwest Technology Service Center for help. The request will then be submitted to the Northwest Network Security team for review and approval.
Information Technology, whenever reasonably possible, works with students, faculty and staff who need a specific network port open for educational computing purposes.
Requests are granted depending on:
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