Campus-Wide Wireless Deployment

Every building on campus is now equipped with wireless network access. If you bring your laptop with a wireless card to campus, we can help you read e-mail from the food court, surf the net from the hallway, even save files to your network drive from the restroom. All without plugging into a wall.

Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), a type of wireless networking that includes the entire 802.11 standard, is now available in every building on campus, and there are plans to cover the parking lots, lake shelter and woods surrounding campus.

So, you want to know how to access the wireless network?

It gets a little technical, but here are the basics; and if this sounds like Greek to you, contact the HelpDesk at 941-2447. They can walk you through the process in a matter of minutes. Thankfully, the HelpDesk consultants speak both Computer and English.

If you already have a wireless network at home or work, you may still set up an additional connection to use on Campus or at the Graduate Center in Jeffersonville. 

Step-by-Step: Connect to the Wireless

IU Secure: Windows Vista manual configuration

Note: The Windows Vista Start menu and Control Panel are different from the Windows Classic View (e.g., in Windows 2000). Therefore, navigating to certain items can be different. In the interest of broad applicability, most Knowledge Base documents assume you are using the Classic View. For information about switching your Windows Vista default view to Classic View, see In Windows Vista, how do I switch to the Windows Classic Start menu or Classic Control Panel?

The first time you connect to the IU Secure wireless network, you will need to do the following to configure Windows Vista for IU Secure:

1. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Sharing Center. Then, click Connect to a network.
3. Double-click IU Secure (you may need to scroll down).

If prompted, select Enter/select additional logon information. Supply your Network ID; for the logon domain, use ADS . Click OK.

4. You will probably be returned to the "Connect to a network" screen. Click Enter/select additional logon information again.
5. In the Validate Server Certificate window, verify that the Root Certificate Authority is "Thawte Premium Server CA", and then click OK.
6. In the Connect to the Internet window, you now have the option to save your login credentials so you will not have to provide them every time. To save them, click Close.

If you cannot connect after following the steps above, see the instructions below for pre-configuring your computer.

Note: Following the above steps will save your username and passphrase for all subsequent connections from your computer. If you do not want your authentication credentials saved (e.g., if you are logged into someone else's computer), clear your credentials from memory as follows:

1. In the Control Panel, double-click Network and Sharing Center.
2. On the left, click Manage network connections.
3. Double-click the wireless network connection you just configured, and then click Wireless Properties.
4. Click the Security tab, and then uncheck Cache user information for subsequent connections to this network. Click OK.
5. Refresh or disconnect the connection.

The instructions below describe the complete manual process for configuring Windows Vista to access IU Secure. Use these instructions to pre-configure your computer before it's in range of the IU Secure network, or if for some reason the process above does not work when you are in range of the network.

1. Before manually setting up the new connection to IU Secure, first check for and remove any existing connections:
   
   
   1. From the Start menu, open the Control Panel. Go to Network and Sharing Center. Then, on the left, click Manage Wireless Networks.
   2. If IU Secure appears, highlight it and click Remove.

2. While in the "Manage Wireless Networks" screen, click Add.
3. Choose Manually create a network profile. In the dialog box that appears:
   
   
   1. For "Network name:", type IU Secure .
   2. For "Security type:", select WPA2-Enterprise.
   3. For "Encryption type:", select AES.
   4. The other options can generally be left alone.
   5. Click Next.

4. Click Change connection settings. Then select the Security tab and click Settings... .
5. Check Connect to these servers: and type net-auth-1.noc.iu.edu .
6. Under "Trusted Root Certification Authorities:", check Thawte Premium Server CA.
7. Check Do not prompt user to authorize new servers or trusted certification authorities.
8. Click Configure... .
9. Uncheck Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any).
10. Click OK three times to close all the windows.

When you select the IU Secure wireless network and click Connect, you will not be able to connect until you authenticate. Instead, a pop-up window will open (it may take a moment) telling you that additional information is required. Click the link in this window to open an authentication box. Type your username and password; in the "Logon domain:" field, enter ADS .

IU Secure: Windows XP manual configuration

To manually configure Windows XP to connect to IU Secure, you must have one of the following installed:

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)
• Windows XP Wireless LAN API (available from Microsoft's Help and Support site)

To configure Windows XP manually:

1. From the Start menu, click either Control Panel, or Settings and then Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Network Connections icon. If instead you see Network and Internet Connections, click the link in the upper left labeled Switch to Classic View to see the correct Network Connections icon.
3. Right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon and select Properties.
4. Click the Wireless Networks tab, and then click Add... .
5. On the Association tab, enter these settings:
   • In the "Network name (SSID):" field, enter IU Secure .
   • From the "Network Authentication:" drop-down menu, select WPA2.
   • From the "Data encryption:" drop-down list, select AES.

6. Select the Authentication tab, and then enter these settings:
   • From the "EAP type:" drop-down list, select Protected EAP (PEAP).
   • Uncheck Authenticate as computer when computer information is available.
   • Verify that the Authenticate as guest when user or computer information is unavailable box is not selected.

7. Under the "EAP type:" drop-down menu, click Properties. In the resulting Protected EAP dialog box, configure the following:
   • Verify that Validate server certificate is selected.
   • Select the Connect to these servers: box, and then enter net-auth-1.noc.iu.edu in the text box.
   • In the "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" list, check Thawte Premium Server CA.
   • Select Do not prompt user to authorize new servers or trusted certification authorities.

8. Verify that Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) is selected for the authentication method, and then click Configure... .
9. In the EAP MSCHAP v2 Properties dialog box, uncheck Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any), and then click OK.
10. Click OK to close the Protected EAP Properties dialog box.
11. Click OK to close the Wireless network properties dialog box.
12. Click OK to close the Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog box.
13. Your system will attempt to connect to the IU Secure wireless network. You should see a notification balloon near the system tray displaying the message:

"Click here to select a certificate or other credentials for connection to the network IU Secure"

14. Click the message balloon, and then enter your IU Network ID credentials in the authentication box. In the "Domain" field, enter ADS , and then click OK.