The University of Otago's wireless/Wi-Fi network is a WPA2-Enterprise network. Most gaming consoles (PlayStation/Xbox/Nintendo) or smart home devices (Amazon Alexa or Echo/Google Home/Nest) generally do not support WPA2-Enterprise which is required on the University's wireless network. The University-owned residential colleges are affected by this.
The other University-affiliated residential colleges use their own network infrastructure. Contact your college administration to see if these devices are supported.
Further information
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If the device in question has an Ethernet port, the student may enquire if they can use that to connect to the network. Ethernet access for headless devices requires them to be registered on the network, and due to network security requirements we are unable to register personal student devices on the University network.