Instructions for connecting to GCNetWireless on Windows XP

 

Note: Staff members may need to replace "GCNetWireless" with "GCAdministrativeWireless" and replace "GCNET" with "GCADMIN"

1.) Click "My Computer" on your desktop or go to the "Start Menu" and select "My Computer"
2.) Open the "Control Panel"
3a.) If you are in Windows Classic View and your screen looks like the screen on the right, Double Click on "Network Connections" and skip to step 4.
3b.) If you are in the Windows XP view, your screen will look like the screen on the right. Open "Network and Internet Connections" and proceded to step 3c.
3c.) Open "Network Connections and procede to step 4.

4.) Open Wireless Network Connection

 

Note: It may be called "Wireless Network Connection 2" or "Wireless Network Connection 3" or may possibly have a completely different name. You can usually identify a wireless connection by the type of adapter listed under the connection name. In this case, the adapter is an "Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945AB..."

5.)Go to "Change advanced settings"

 

 

Note: Not all of the wireless networks listed in this picture will be available and depending on your location my may not be able to access any wireless networks. For a list of hotspots on campus please visit the Information Technology webpage at http://infotech.gborocollege.edu.

6.) From here, click on the "Wireless Networks" Tab

 

 

Note: Again, do not expect to see the same items listed on your computer as you see in the box under under "This connection uses the following items"

7a.) [Highlighted in Red] Make sure the box in front of "Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings" is checked as seen in the image.

7b.) If the list of "Preferred networks" contains a network named "GCNetWireless", Click on "GCNetWireless" and then click "Remove". If you have another network configured, such as "Linksys", you do not need to remove it.

7c.) [Highlighted in Blue] Once the box from 7a has a check in it and any existing settings for "GCNetWireless have been removed, you can click on "Add"

8a.) [Highlighted in Red] Enter "GCNetWireless" in the "Network name (SSID) box".

8b.) [Highlighted in Blue] Make sure "Network Authentication" is set to "WPA2" or "WPA"

8c.) [Highlighted in Green] Make sure the "Data encryption" is "AES" or "TKIP"

8d.) [Highlighted in Orange] Select the "Authentication" tab.

9a.) [Highlighted in Red] Make sure the box in front of "Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network" is checked.

9b.) [Highlighted in Blue] Set "EAP type" to "Protected EAP (PEAP)"

9c.) [Highlighted in Green] "Authenticate as computer when computer information is available" and "Authenticate as guest when user or computer information is unavailable" should both be unchecked as in the image.

9d.) [Highlighted in Orange] Open the Properties for Protected EAP

10a.) [Highlighted in Red] Uncheck "Validate server certificate"

10b.) [Highlighted in Blue] Make sure the Authentication Method is set to "Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2)"

10c.) [Highlighted in Green] Configure the authentication method

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: If you would prefer to use the "Validate server certificate" option you can visit http://infotech.gborocollege.edu and look for the information about "Certificate Authority"

11.) Uncheck "Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any)"
12.) Click "OK" four times to close the open windows and save the changes.  

13.)An information dialog box will pop up above the taskbar in the lower right hand corner of your screen. Click the box.

 

Note: Depending on the age and speed of your computer it could take up to a minute for the box to appear

14.)Enter your GCNET username in the "Username" box and your GCNET password in the "Password" box. For the "Logon domain" enter "GCNET". Click OK and after a few seconds your computer should have access to the internet.

 

 

 

 

 

Note: You may need to do steps 13 and 14 twice. The information bubble from step 13 should reappear if the step needs to be repeated