IP request form (Science only) | Science Computing

**Note: This form is only for devices in the Faculty of Science (excluding Pharmacy and Optometry). For all other faculties, please reach out to your respective IT units.**

To expedite processing of your request, ALL fields marked (*) must be accurately completed.
Please note that machines with older operating systems (including Windows 10) are not allowed on the network due to security concerns. If you have an older operating system, please reach out to Science Computing.
Please include the information on the wall jack you will be using.
Please make only one request per submission.

Has this machine ever been registered on the network before?

Yes

Equipment Type

Operating System Version (e.g Windows 11, MacOS Tahoe, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, etc)

Host Name (we recommend using a machine-identifying name, e.g. Paul-Dell-laptop)

eg. computername.uwaterloo.ca (must be unique - you will be notified if changes must be made)

MAC Address

Not sure how to find your MAC address? Visit: http://www.howtogeek.com/236838/how-to-find-any-devices-ip-address-mac-address-and-other-network-connection-details/

Information Confidentiality Classification

This relates to what type of data is on your computer. For more detailed definitions, visit Section 7 on https://uwaterloo.ca/secretariat-general-counsel/policies-procedures-guidelines/policy-46-information-management.

Requestor's User Name

WatIAM userid of requestor.

Requestor's E-mail Address (must be a uwaterloo address)

E-mail address of the requestor.

Owner Name

The owner of the machine should be a University of Waterloo permanent staff or faculty member who is responsible for the machine that would normally be contacted in the event there is an issue with the machine.

Owner's E-mail Address (must be a uwaterloo address)

E-mail address of the Owner of the machines. Separate multiple email addresses with commas.

Location

eg. PHY 2007

Port number

Please include the port number you'd like to activate.