Faculty / Staff Wireless Windows 7 Setup

Wireless access is available throughout campus. A wireless network card that supports WPA2 Enterpirse is required in order to use the Faculty/Staff Wireless network.

Wireless Setup for Windows 7

Configuration:

• Select Wireless Icon from the systems tray in the bottom right corner of the windows desktop
  
    
• 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 the Add button
  
  
• Click Manually create a network profile
  
  
• Input the following settings:
  Network name: FSWPA2 (in all caps)
  Security type: WPA2 Enterprise
  Encryption type: AES
  
• Select the check box for Start this connection automatically
• Select the check box 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: Select check box for Enable Fast Reconnect
• Click the Configure button
  
  

• Select the check box 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

Setup of FSWPA2 is complete!