StuWireless Setup for Windows 7Wireless access is available throughout campus. A wireless network card that supports WPA2 is required in order to use the StuWireless network.
Wireless Setup for Windows 7
Before you begin: If you have previously registered your wireless card on the TCU network, then skip to Part 3.
Part 1: Find your Wireless Network Address in Windows Vista
(Watch the video: How to find your wireless network address)
- Select Start
- Type command in the search box and press enter
- Type ipconfig/all (with no spaces) and press enter
- Locate the Physical Address under the Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection. Several connections may be listed. You may need to scroll up to find the correct one.
- Write down the address
Part 2: Register your Wireless Network Address
- Login to http://my.tcu.edu/
- Choose Helpful Links from the menu
- Choose the link: TCU Network Registration
- Carefully read the TCU Computing Resources Policy and click Accept to continue.
- For Subnet, choose: Student-Wireless
- Fill in Computer Operating System Type: Windows 7
- Fill in the network (Ethernet) address
- For My Description, write a short description for the computer registered, i.e. "Frog's Ethernet", for easy identification
- Click the Save button
Part 3: Wireless Setup for Windows 7
Configuration:
- Select Wireless Icon from the systems tray in the bottom right corner of the windows desktop
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Select Open Network and Sharing Center
- Select Network and Sharing Center from the button bar at the top of the window
- Select Manage wireless networks from the left menu
- Click Manually create a network profile
- Input the following settings:
Network name: StuWireless
Security type: WPA2 Enterprise
Encryption type: AES
- Remove check for Start this connection automatically
- Remove check for Connect even if the network is not broadcasting
- Click the Next button
- Click Change connection settings
- Select the Connection tab
- Remove check for Connect automatically when this network is in range
- Remove check for Connect even if the network is not broadcasting
- Select the Security tab
- Select authentication method: Protected EAP (PEAP)
- Remove check for Cache user information for subsequent connections to this network
- Click the Settings button
- At the top of the Protected EAP Properties window: Remove check for Validate server certificate
- At the bottom of the window: Ensure that Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) is selected
- At the bottom of the window: Remove check for Enable Fast Reconnect
- Click the Configure button
- Remove check for Automatically use my Windows logon name…
- Click the OK button
- Click OK to close the Protected EAP Properties window
- Click OK again to close the Wireless Network Properties window
- Click the Close button
Getting Connected:
- Select Wireless Icon from the systems tray in the bottom right corner of the windows desktop
- Select StuWireless
- Select: Enter/select additional log on information
- Enter your TCU Username and password to continue
- Click the OK button
- You will see a message: Successfully connected to StuWireless
