1. Find the email sent to you -- it was sent from "Research Wireless Blocklist System" and follow the instructions in the email. Email was sent to the email address you use to access Research Wirelessor to the default email destination you set for your_netid@rutgers.edu.

   • If you don't know where the default destination is, you can find out from site named: https://netid.rutgers.edu and click on Manage Email Addresses link on that page.

   • If you still don't have the email, you can check all registered blocklist incidents via: https://services.cs.rutgers.edu/wireless/user/insert_mac_address using computer that is not currently blocklisted. Make sure the MAC address is in this format: 01:23:ab:cd:ef with colons not dashes like 01-23-ab-cd-ef.

     If you need to find out how to locate your_mac_address, use an unblocklisted computer and go to: https://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-MAC-Address-of-Your-Computer.

   • If you were blocklisted on a computer you no longer own and can't find the email and Mac address, you will need to contact people in step 2. for help.

2. Wait until after the blocklist penalty period has passed then GO to the following places to get access restored. There is no automatic delisting.
   For users of the following department:

   • School of Engineering IT, Eng D112 or email: staff@jove.rutgers.edu
   • Computer Science or others, go to: CoRE 211 (do not email and do not call)

Except for those who fall into immediate blocklist category below, if you respond to the original Research Wireless Usage email, no penalty is invoked. An Access Penalty is only invoked if you have not responded to the Usage email. Your blocklist penalty starts the day you respond to the query regardless when the incident occured. Email requests or phone calls to get off the blocklist will be ignored.

Penalties for not responding to query or for violation are as follows:

1. First offense: Your access to Research Wireless resources will be restricted for at least 2¹ weeks (2 weeks).
2. Second offense: You will be blocklisted for at least 2² weeks (4 weeks).
3. Third offense: You will be you blocklisted for at least 2³weeks (8 weeks).
4. Fourth offense: You will be blocklisted for at least 2⁴ weeks (16 weeks)
5. Fifth or more offense: You will be blocklisted for 2⁵ weeks and 2ⁿ weeks where n denotes number of offenses you did. That's a lot of weeks. Hopefully you know math.

Abnomal activities on Research Wireless can include but not limited to: high daily download/upload, P2P activities, suspicious network activities, and/or violation of Research Wireless usage policy stated on the login screen or university Computing Policy and Guidelines.

Machines meeting the following conditions are subject to immediate blocklisting: