Peripheral Standards

Peripherals will be installed and supported as outlined below. It is necessary to limit peripheral support to only certain standard vendors and configurations.  No other peripherals are supported in any way. 

Note that new peripherals other than printers will only be installed on Mac and Win 98/2000/XP machines.

Peripherals

Category

Supported Port Interfaces

Printers
  • Dell
  • HP
  • Xerox
USB 1.1
USB 2.0
Ethernet (IP)
 

Installation Supported Peripherals

Category

Supported Port Interfaces

 
Scanners & HP All-In-One units
  USB 1.1
USB 2.0
Firewire (1394) 400
Firewire (1394b) 800
Ethernet (IP)
   
External Removable Storage 
  • CD & DVD Burners
  • Media Card Readers & Zip Drives
  • Portable hard disks
  • Flash Drives
USB 1.1
USB 2.0
Firewire (1394) 400
Firewire (1394b) 800
   
PDA and SmartPhones
ITS currently is working with the University to develop standards for smartphones. In the past, we provided "best effort" for all smartphones purchased by faculty and staff in AS&E. We are working toward being able to recommend particular phones and service plans that will be the best match to work within Tufts' infrastructure. Until such time that standards are developed, smartphones are not supported by ITS. We will continue to provide "best effort" to make your phone work at Tufts and we strongly encourage you to contact us BEFORE you make a phone purchase, service plan purchase, or begin any device setup.
USB 1.11
USB 2.0
Firewire (1394) 400
Firewire (1394b) 800
 

Unsupported Peripherals

Category

 

Multimedia Devices
  • MP3/Music Players
  • Digital Cameras
  • Camcorders
 
Internal Removable Storage (After-market Installations)
  • CD & DVD Burners
  • Media Card Readers

Support for these peripherals noted above will be subject to the following restrictions: 

  • No internal peripherals will be installed/setup.
  • Drivers and associated software will be installed.
  • IRQ conflicts with existing peripherals will be resolved when possible.  When not clearly resolvable, the user must decide which peripheral to keep and which to not use.

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