Getting Connected to GC Wireless

Connecting on a Windows computer

Connecting on a Mac OS computer

Connecting on a Windows computer:

Click on the Wireless icon in the System Tray

Click on "gc" to connect to the GC wireless network Note: the new wireless infrastructure does not support Windows XP when connecting to "gc", therefore all Windows XP users will need to connect to "gc-guest" on the new wireless system.

Click on the Connect button

When prompted, enter in your Goshen College username and password, and then click on OK.

You will be receive a Windows Security Alert window.  Click on the Connect button to accept the wifi certificate

You should only need to complete these steps once for each Windows computer you wish to use on the wireless network.

If after following the above steps you still have problems connecting your Windows computer to the wireless network, follow the below steps to manually configure your wireless network connection:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Click on Network and Internet, and then click on Network and Sharing Center
3. Select Manage Wireless Networks
4. Click "Add" and select "Manually Create a network profile"
5. For the network name, type in gc
6. For the Security Type, choose WPA2-Enterprise
7. For the Encryption type, choose AES
8. Select Next, and then click "Change Connection Settings"
9. Under the Security Tab, click Advanced Settings, and select the checkbox labeled "Specify Authentication Mode"
10. Drop down the menu to select User Authentication and click OK
11. Under "Choose a network authentication type, "Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP)" should be selected.
12. Click on the Settings button.
13. Uncheck Validate Server Certificate
14. Click on Configure
15. Uncheck "Automatically use my Windows login name and password (and any domain if any)"
16. Select OK and save all changes
17. When prompted, enter your Goshen College username and password

If you need further assistance, contact the ITS Help Desk at ext. 7700, or helpdeskgoshen.edu

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Connecting on a Mac OS computer:

Join the network named gc

When prompted, enter your Goshen College username and password

Next, you will be prompted with the message "eapolclient wants to sign using key '' in your keychain." Click on Deny

Open System Preferences. Click on Network and select AirPort. Click on the Advanced button. Click on the tab labeled 802.1X. You should see a user profile called WPA:gc. Select it and under the Authentication section, uncheck TLS.

While still in the Advanced window, select the AirPort tab. Find the network "gc" in the list and click on the pencil to edit the preferences.

Drop down the box labeled 802.1X.  Select WPA:gc and click Save.

Click OK. Close and Apply all changes. When prompted, click Continue to accept the certificate.

You should only need to complete these steps once on each computer you wish to use on the wireless network.

If you need assistance, contact the ITS Help Desk at ext. 7700, or helpdeskgoshen.edu

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