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Requirements
In order to connect to the UIwpa2 wireless network with a Mac OS X computer, your system must:
- Have an AirPort Extreme wireless card (old AirPort cards from 2002 and earlier do not work)
- Support 802.11g and/or 802.11a in addition to 802.11b (the B-only cards do not work)
To check your system's compatibility, go to the Apple menu > About This Mac > More Info to open the System Profiler. Then, under the Network heading, look at your AirPort card information.
If your system doesn't meet the requirements for WPA2, you can continue to use UIUCnet Wireless instead.
Initial configuration
1. Click on the AirPort icon and select Open Internet Connect.
2. In the window that appears, you may see an icon labeled 802.1X.
Note: If you don't yet have an 802.1X icon, click on Internet Connect's File menu and select New 802.1X Connection.
Internet Connect File menu options
3. Once your Internet Connect window offers the 802.1X icon, click it to see the connection options available.
4. Select the Configuration drop-down menu and select Edit Configurations.
5. In the window that appears, enter the following information:
- Description: UIwpa2
- Network Port: AirPort
- User name: Leave blank (you'll enter this information later)
- Password: Leave blank
- Wireless Network: UIwpa2
- Authentication: TTLS
6. With TTLS selected, click the Configure button.
7. In the window that appears, select the following:
- TTLS Inner Authentication: MSCHAPv2
- Outer Identity: (Leave this line blank.)
8. Click OK to close the TTLS configuration window.
9. Click OK again to close the UIwpa2 configuration window.
Getting connected
At this point, there should be a "UIwpa2" configuration available in the Configuration drop down menu.
1. Select the UIwpa2 configuration.
2. You'll be prompted for your user name and password. Enter:
- User Name: Your NetID
- Password: Your Active Directory password
(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.)
3. Depending on whether you have used a trusted wireless network before, an 802.1X Authentication warning message may pop up at this point. The message explains that "the server certificate is not trusted because there are no explicit trust settings." Click the Show Certificate button.
4. In the Verify Certificate window:
- Select neauth1.cites.uiuc.edu
(or neauth2.cites.uiuc.edu if that is the option presented) - Check the check box that says Always trust 'neauth1.cites.uiuc.edu
(or Always trust neauth2.cites.uiuc.edu).
5. Click Continue.
Note: Depending on your computer's settings, you may be prompted for your computer's administrator user name and password in order to make this change to your certificate trust settings.
Note: If your computer is unable to reconnect to UIwpa2 after it has been either restarted, put in sleep mode, or connected to another network, select the AirPort icon and turn the AirPort off and then on.
Trouble connecting?
If you have trouble getting connected to UIwpa2, or if your computer shows a connection but doesn't allow Internet access, remember: you can always use UIUCnet Wireless instead. Switch your selected network to UIUCnet and open a browser window to log in through QuickConnect, and you'll be ready to go.
Disconnecting when finished
When you're done using the UIwpa2 network, return to the Internet Connect window and click the Disconnect button.
Disconnect-ready 802.1X configuration window
