Wireless Setup for Mac OSX
Wireless Setup for Mac OSX
Connect Using Apple Macintosh with OS X
Connecting your Mac OSX Computer to the “Students” wireless network. (The machine used here was running Mac OSX 10.4.8, other versions of Mac OSX should work fine with only slight variations in setup) Please contact the help desk with any questions at extension 2660.
Step One
Navigate to the apple menu in the top left hand corner of the screen and click on “System Preferences.”
Step Two
Within the System Preferences menu click on “Network” under the Internet and Network Category.
Step Three
Within the Network Menu, click on “Configure” while the AirPort is highlighted.
Step Four
Click the “+” button inside the AirPort Configuration menu to add a new network, you may need to select “Preferred Networks” from the drop down menu shown above.
Step Five
Fill in the fields with the information provided above. For the Username and Password, use those provided for your elearning email account.
Step Six
Click OK and ensure that “Students” is at the top of your preferred networks and click, “Apply Now.”
Step Seven
Click the AirPort drop down on your top menu bar and make sure that “Students” is checked.
Step Eight
After connecting to the network you may be prompted for you username and password again, enter the information as mentioned above. Also, click “Continue” on the Certificate Verification Box that appears.
Step Nine
After this you should be able to open your Internet Browser (ie. Safari, Firefox, etc.) and you should be able to go directly to a website without a redirect webpage, if one does appear verify that you are connected to the “Students” network.
If you are unable to connect using these steps please contact our help desk at ext. 2660. We are also available to help in RB-06 from 8am to 5pm, Monday through Friday.