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Configuring Wireless at GSD

Windows XP

Requirements

  • Your wireless card must support 802.1x, AES, and WPA2.
  • Your computer must have Windows XP service pack 2 installed and all the latest updates (you can download them through the Windows update site http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com ).
  • Make sure you have the most current drivers for your wireless card.
  1. Important first step: Windows XP users must install a Microsoft update to enable WPA2 support before continuing. You will need to restart your computer after downloading and installing the update. The update can be downloaded at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893357.
  2. After installing the update and rebooting, you are then ready to resume the WPA2 configuration.
  3. At the start menu select Run and type in ncpa.cpl and click ok.
    • This will take you to the network connection screen

  1. Right mouse click your wireless connection icon and select properties. This will bring up the following screen. Click on the Wireless Networks tab. Make sure the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings is checked.

  1. Click the Add button and at the association tab fill out the window as below. The network authentication is WPA2 and the Data Encryption is AES.

  • NOTE: If WPA2 is not listed as an option, then one of the following is the likely cause:
    • You haven’t installed the update from Microsoft as directed above.
    • The driver for you wireless adapter does not support WPA2. Check with the manufacturer to see if there is an updated version of the driver available
    • Your wireless adapter does not support WPA2
  1. Click the Authentication tab and fill out as in the following image. The EAP type is Protected EAP (PEAP)and make sure the Authenticate as computer when computer information is available is UNCHECKED.

  1. Click the Properties button and uncheck the Validate server certificate option and make sure that the authentication method is Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) as follows.

  1. Click the Configure button and uncheck the box. This will ensure that the proper login information is used.

  1. Click OK on each window until you get back to the original properties screen. There is a box labeled Advanced. Click to open it up. Select the choice, Access point (infrastructure) networks only, and uncheck the option of automatically connection to non-preferred networks.

  1. Click Close and then OK. Congratulations, wireless using WPA2 is now set up. If you are within range of an access point, you will see the following image (With the name of your wireless connection)

Click the text balloon and it will take you to the following window:

Enter your username and password in the appropriate blanks, (this is the same as your Central Login username and password) but leave the logon domain empty. Click OK and you will be authenticated onto the wireless network using WPA2.

Macintosh

To setup your AirPort or Airport Extreme for use with WPA2.

  1. In the menu bar, click on the AirPort icon and choose Open Internet Connect
  2. In the menu, select AirPort under Configuration. Next click on Turn AirPort On

  1. Under Network, choose “Other”
  2. Enter GSD and select WPA2 Enterprise. Enter your username and password . Click on OK to proceed.

  1. If your connection is successful, your AirPort icon in the menu bar will become bold and show the signal strength (based on how many bars are bold – like this ). Once you have configured this, your computer should recognize when it is in a wireless area at GSD and should automatically connect. If you are in a wireless areas and can’t connect, turn AirPort off and then on again (through the AirPort Status Icon). This will usually fix the problem.

Linux

  1. Before beginning, please note that this was tested on a laptop with Ubuntu 7.04 with Atheros chipset. Please make sure your flavor of Linux and wireless chipset will run WPA2 (sometimes called WPA enterprise). After any necessary changes are made to your machine, click the “Network Manager” icon in the upper right hand corner of the window (by default) and the following drop down menu appears (figure 32). Select GSD and the Wireless Network Key Required window will appear (figure 33)

  1. In the dropdown boxes listed, please select the following. Where it states <username> <password> enter your username and password. Once done, click the Login to Network button and you will be connected.

district/gsd_wireless_setup.1212781524.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/11/20 13:00 (external edit)