Who
Can Use Wireless Connect? Anyone
with a current WSU CAMPUS account can use the campus wireless
network. This means you must be a current WSU student, faculty
member, or staff member. Your username will follow the
format of "w999xyz."
If you have any
questions about whether you have a WSU CAMPUS account or you
don't remember your password, call or visit the CaTS Help
Desk at (937-775-4827) in 035 Library Annex.
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Where Can I Use Wireless Connect?
Building-wide Coverage:
- Allyn
- Brehm
- Dunbar and Fordham Libraries
- Fawcett
- Library and Library Annex
- Math & Micro
- Medical Sciences
- Millett
- Oelman
- Rike
- Residence Halls
- Russ
- University Hall
- University Park 3817
(School of Medicine)
- University Park 3825
(Classroom Building)
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Partial Coverage:
- Creative Arts Box Office Hallway
- Health Sciences 2nd floor
- Student Union Atrium
- The Hangar (Allyn Hall Food Court)
- Hot Spot Lounge - 008 Library Annex
- Cyber Cafe (in the Student Union Food Court)
- Residence Services office complex
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Fall/Winter 2007 Planned Expansion:
- Lake Campus - expanded coverage
- Nutter Center - enhanced coverage (117, 207, 333, 340, 352, 430)
- Bio Sci III - full coverage when building opens
- White Hall - full coverage when building expansion opens
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Requesting
Wireless On Campus If
your department would like to add wireless network access
to a classroom, office, lab or public area on campus, please
review the information on the CaTS
Wireless Purchasing Guide for departments.
Wireless Vs. Wired Access
Wireless access provides easy and convenient connectivity to Wright State's local area network. Users are not bound to a given location and can roam with their laptops freely within the range of the access point. However, there are some facts that you should be aware of. Wireless networks offer convenience but the connection speed is slower compared to a hard wired network connection. The connection speed for the 802.11b standard is 11 mega bits per second compared with 100 mega bits per second on a hard wired connection. In addition, the total bandwidth available (the amount of network traffic the access point can handle) is also limited. What this means is that as more and more users connect to a single access point, less and less bandwidth is available for each user. You share the available bandwidth.
If you experience uneven network performance on the wireless network, it may be due to many users connecting at the same time to one access point. If this happens and you are in your residence hall room, connection to our network using an Ethernet cable should provide you with a much faster connection.
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What
Kind of Network Card Do I Need?
The
WSU wireless network follows the 802.11b standard. 802.11g cards
are also designed to work with "g" and "b" networks. 802.11a
is not supported on the network. Many laptops now come with
built-in wireless networking and as long as your system is either
802.11b or g it should work with the campus wireless network.
However, depending on the manufacturer of your card (the wireless
"chipset") and the operating system, you may have difficulty
connecting. CaTS recommends the following products and has tested
them for compatibility with the campus wireless network:
Windows
PC
Linksys - Wireless-G, Model Number:
WPC54G, 802.11G and 802.11B compatible
D-Link - AirPlus
G, Model Number: DWL-G630, 802.11G and 802.11B compatible
Macintosh
Apple Airport 802.11b and Airport
Extreme 802.11g cards are recommended and supported.
Lucent Technologies 802.11b cards are also recommended and
supported.
Other
Other manufacturers' 802.11b cards
may work, but are not officially supported.
Note: It is extremely important that installation
instructions are closely followed. Failure to do so may result
in the card not functioning properly.
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Windows
95/98/ME Installation Guide
1.
Install the Network Card according to the manufacturer's instructions.
2.
Click the Start button in the lower left side of your
screen.
3.
Highlight Settings.
4.
Click Control Panel. The control panel will open.
5.
Double-click the Network icon. The network control
panel will open.
6.
Click the TCP/IP item that is followed with the name
of the network card you installed.
7.
Click the Properties button. The properties
window will appear.
8.
Click the tab labeled IP Address and click "Obtain
an IP address automatically."
9.
Click the Wins Configuration tab and then click "Disable
WINS Resolution."
10.
Click the Gateway tab and make sure all the fields
are blank.
11.
Click the DNS Configuration tab and click "Disable
DNS."
12.
Click the OK button. You may be prompted for
your operating system disk. If so, follow the on screen instructions.
13.
Click "Yes" if asked to restart your computer.
14.
Launch Netscape or Internet Explorer (Cancel any pop-up
password windows that may appear) and go to the Web site:
http://access.wright.edu
and follow the prompts.
NOTE: Your username
and password can be found on your account sheet.
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Windows
2000 Installation Guide 1.
Install the Network Card according to the manufacturer's instructions.
2.
Click the Start button in the lower left side of
your screen.
3.
Highlight Settings.
4.
Click the Control Panel. The control panel will open.
5.
Double-click the Network Connections icon. The network
control panel will open.
6.
Double-click "Local Area Connection."
7.
Click the Properties button.
8.
Double-click the TCP/IP item that is followed with
the name of the wireless network card.
9.
Click the tab labeled General and put a check next
to "Obtain an IP address automatically."
10.
Click the OK button. You may be prompted for your operating
system disk. If so, follow the on screen instructions.
11.
Click "Yes" if asked to restart your computer.
12.
Launch Netscape or Internet Explorer (cancel any pop-up
password windows that may appear) and go to the Web site:
http://access.wright.edu
and follow the prompts.
NOTE: Your username
and password can be found on your account sheet.
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Windows XP Installation Guide
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Click
the Start button
- Click
the Control Panel
- Right-click
Network Connections and select Open.
The Network Connections dialog box will open
- Right-click
on your Wireless Network Connection
in the list that appears
- Select
"View Available Wireless Networks".
The Wireless Network Connection dialog box will
open
- Highlight
WSU Wireless in the list of available
wireless networks and check the box
next to "Allow me to connect to the selected
wireless network, even though it is not secure"
(Figure 1). Click Connect
- Launch Netscape or Internet Explorer (cancel any pop-up password windows that may appear) and go to the Web site:
http://access.wright.edu and follow the prompts.
NOTE: Your username and password can be found on your account sheet.
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Figure
1
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Macintosh
OS X Installation Guide
1.
Open your System Preferences. (Apple menu > System Preferences)
2.
Select the Network icon.
3.
Select the Airport settings.
4.
If it is off, turn Airport On (under Network Status or the
Airport menu in the upper right-hand corner of your menu bar).
5.
Select an appropriate access point from the network list.
6.
Close the Network Preferences window.
7.
Launch your web browser (Safari, Netscape, Firefox). Note: Because it is unable to use the security certificates needed for firewall authentication, Internet Explorer for Mac OS X should not be used for firewall authentication. If you still wish to use Internet Explorer for web browsing, you must first authenticate with a different browser.
8.
You must first go to http://access.wright.edu and follow the
authentication prompts before accessing any other web sites.
NOTE: Your username and password can be found on your account sheet.
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Accessing
Your Novell Home Directory Full
Novell services are not available on the wireless network,
however, you can access your Novell home directory using the
myfiles.wright.edu
website. Instructions on how to use the Myfiles service are
included on the site homepage.
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Useful
Links CaTS
Help Desk
937-775-4827
helpdesk@wright.edu
CaTS
Home Page
http://www.wright.edu/cats
Internet
Authentication
http://access.wright.edu
WINGS
http://wings.wright.edu
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