Athena "clusters" are public computer labs that are located throughout the MIT campus.
Available To
Students, Faculty, Staff, Affiliates
Benefits and key features
- The clusters are available 24 hours a day.
- Find Athena Clusters on the MIT Map.
- Learn more about the general-use Athena clusters maintained by IS&T.
Requirements
Use of the Athena clusters is restricted to MIT students, faculty, staff, and other MIT Kerberos account owners. (See the rules for Athena facilities in the Athena Rules of Use.)
Getting started
To enter these facilities, you need to know the cluster lock combination. The combination changes annually on October 1st. To find out this combination, enter the following command at your athena% prompt: tellme combo.
- Athena Clusters and Athena Computing Environment Landing Pages in the Knowledge Base
- Ask the Service Desk a question.
- Find electronic classrooms, where you can teach a class using custom software.