Probably. Any wireless receiver supporting the industry standard 802.11b or 802.11g protocols should work. However, in rare cases, we have found wireless receivers which had compatibility issues with the computer upon which it was installed.

Your computer must have a wireless network card installed. Computer manufacturers typically indicate this by saying their equipment is WiFi enabled, or that they support 802.11b or 802.11g wireless networks. On a Macintosh computer this is often referred to as an airport card.

Submit a TNS work order request and we will do a site survey and let you know what the cost will be to provide wireless coverage in your area.

Most of the main academic buildings have wireless access points. Wireless is also available in residence hall common areas. Wireless networking is only available using computers equipped with wireless network adapter cards. Carroll supports the 802.11b protocol at all base stations, and also 802.11a in Main Hall.

Click the wireless network connection icon, and then, in Network Tasks, click View available wireless networks. Choose the wireless network from the list that appears (see figure below), and then click Connect. [See Technical Requirements and Standards to configure WPA.] Open your Internet browser. Your machine will be checked to see if it meets access requirements. If it does, you will see a login screen. Enter your campus network access account userID and password to authenticate.

The speed of the wireless network is 54mps; however access speed of the network depends on the technology use on the wireless network card. If the wireless network card only supports 11mbps, this will be the access speed of the network.

Connectivity to the Sac State wireless network is only available if you are within a campus Wireless Zone. A Wireless Zone is defined as an area covered by one or more Wireless Access Points. Signal strength and connections speeds are dependent upon your proximity to the nearest Wireless Access Point and the materials used in the construction of the building you are in or near. See the wireless locations page for a complete list of campus Wireless Zones.

We have attempted to cover the entire inside of the building and the courtyard. Some areas outside of the building may provide a weaker signal, depending on sources of radio interference (or lack thereof). Remember that the campus wireless network hardware uses radio waves to communicate. As with any radio transmissions, there will be some areas that are more prone to interference and some areas where reception is better.

With a laptop, Dell Truemobile 1450, Cisco Aironet 350 or Apple Airport Wireless card, and a UTAD account, you can access The University of Toledo's wireless network. Please check out our Wireless Information page at http://www.eitoperations.utoledo.edu/HelpDesk/wireless.asp.

With the 802.11g wireless standard you can have a connection of 54 Mb/sec at best (i.e., if you???re right next to the access point and you are the only user). However, you rarely achieve the maximum possible speed. This is because of multiple users and signal strength. All users within range of an access point share that bandwidth, so you???ll only get the top speed if you are the only person within range of that access point.

Limit the number of DHCP addresses to the number of wireless access points that you will be using. Optionally, set static IP addresses, set to non-standard network blocks. Consider using VPN, SSL, Firewalls, RADIUS, Kerberos or other access control, or end-to-end encryption. Most of these can be integrated into your 802.11b appliance.

A firewall will help protect a computer on a wireless network, but will not restrict access to the network itself. You should configure your wireless network to use a network key using either Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) or wired equivalent privacy (WEP). For more information, see How to keep others from hijacking your home wireless network or consult the manual for your wireless networking devices.

The campus wireless network can handle hundreds of users logged in at any one time, but the more active users, the slower the network becomes. On average, one access point can handle approximately 30 users without a noticeable degradation in performance.

At this point, 100% of all academic areas provide wireless access. Many general/public areas are also covered by wireless, and new wireless capacity is being added all of the time. The ISU wireless network supports both 802.11b and 802.11g and has been engineered to accommodate anticipated use. Wireless in open areas, such as the student union, has been engineered to accommodate high concentrations of use.

We have engineered the campus wireless network to recognize those with a valid SUNY Oswego computer account. The first time you connect to the campus wireless network, you'll go to a special registration page that allows you to download the necessary software (a VPN client) that's already configured to work with our wireless network. After connecting to the registration page, you'll be asked to read and accept the Computer and Network Acceptable Use Policy.

The DoIT wireless support page provides a good overview of how to connect to wireless UWNET (wireless WiscWorld).

Wireless connections provide Internet connections only. You can access the Internet and check your e-mail via the My UW portal. You cannot access WCER project drives, or print to WCER printers. Definitely. WCER provides Macintosh support and continues to grow its Mac support levels. We recently installed a Mac server to allow for greater flexibility.

Students must first be registered before accessing Ross educational resources. Additionally, both campuses require students to schedule to have personal notebook computer systems configured prior to accessing ROSS local LAN resources. The scheduling process begins after registration and configurations begin the first day of classes.

For information on how to set up your laptop on the wireless network at Mason, how to secure your computer on the wireless network, coverage areas, and wireless FAQs, see http://itusupport.gmu.edu/wireless_network.

Note: if the laptop is powered on in an area where wireless is available and you open your web browser, the UTS VPN web page will automatically load which provides a link to download the VPN client software. There are a couple of possibilities: 1. the account may be suspended due to spyware or viruses on the computer. 2. your MAC ID and password are not being accepted because of a compatibility glitch between the Library and UTS authentication servers.

Each connection is protected by a “stateful” firewall. This is individual protection beyond the university firewall to help protect your computer from attacks. According to Wikipedia, “In computing, a stateful firewall (any firewall that performs stateful packet inspection or stateful inspection) is a firewall that keeps track of the state of network connections (such as TCP streams) traveling across it.

Yes. For specific details, read User Guidelines for Network Traffic Management available online at http://www.calstatela.edu/its/policies.

Yes, students have access to the wireless network that is available in the library and all major academic buildings. We plan to expand the wireless network to the residence halls over two years starting in the summer of 2007.

Wireless network service in St. John's residences is a goal C&C and Student Housing would very much like to achieve. However, WLAN access points have a very limited range, and must be connected to Memorial's MUNet network via inter- and intra-building wiring in each residence building. Substantial funding will be necessary to extend the wireless network to this important student constituency.