UIphone Wireless Network

The UIphone Wireless network is a temporary solution intended for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch users who can't connect to UIUCnet Wireless or UIwpa2.

If you can connect to UIUCnet Wireless or UIwpa2, you should continue to use those networks instead. The UIphone network wil be removed when a solution to a specific bug is found.

Getting connected

Connecting to the UIphone network is very similar to connecting to the UIUCnet Wireless network.

1. Select the UIphone network from the list of available network names.

2. Open a web browser and visit an http:// address such as http://www.uiuc.edu.

3. UIUCnet QuickConnect will offer you a welcome screen. Click the Login button.

4. Enter your NetID and your Active Directory password when prompted.

(Not sure what your Active Directory password is? Try your Express Email or NetFiles password, or reset your AD password at the Password Home Page.)

Note for campus guests: You can use your guest ID and guest password through QuickConnect on your iPhone as well.

5. Once you've completed the login process, your web browser will redirect you to the location you entered into your web browser. From there, you can use any network service which QuickConnect's security settings permit.

Why UIphone is a temporary network

Several months ago, CITES and Meru (the campus wireless access point provider) discovered an issue that caused connection problems for computers using commonly-available Intel 3945 wireless devices on the UIUCnet Wireless network.

Unfortunately, the fix for the Intel 3945 problem has caused iPhones and iPod Touches to be unable to connect to UIUCnet Wireless.

In the long term, Meru and CITES intend to find a solution which allows iPhones and iPod Touches to share the UIUCnet Wireless network with computers containing Intel 3945 drivers. At that point, the UIphone network will be retired and all users will be able to connect to UIUCnet Wireless.

Until then, however, the UIphone network will provide network access for iPhone and iPod Touch users.