How to connect to the NCEAS wireless network

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TIPS FOR USING WIRELESS SERVICES AT NCEAS

Configure your laptop to use the wireless service with a network name or SSID of “nceas". There are several other wireless signals that can be accessed in the Balboa Building, but "nceas" is the only one supported by NCEAS, and its traffic is encrypted.

To use the Wifi, you need to configure a WPA key. Several common names for our setup are:

WPA
WPA Personal
WPA PSK
WPA PSK TKIP
WPA Pre-Shared Key

A copy of the wireless key can be found in both conference rooms on CDs posted on the wall near the doors, and in Room 314.

Contents

Windows Vista

Step 1: Go to Start > "Connect To"
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Step 2: Choose "nceas", then click "Connect"
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Step 3: Copy and paste the network security key (available on CD or USB flash drive) into the password field, then click "Connect".
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Step 4: In the final dialog box leave the default settings, and click "Close".
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Windows XP SP2

Step 1: Open your wireless connection chooser using the icon at the bottom right of your screen.
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Step 2: Click on "nceas", then click "connect"
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Step 3: Copy and paste the key into the password field, then click "Login to Network".
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OS X 10.4

Step 1: Click on the wireless icon on the top right of the screen and choose "nceas" from the drop down list.
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Step 2: From the box that comes up, choose "WPA Personal", "Remember...", paste the password from the CD into the password field, and click "OK".
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Ubuntu Linux 6.06

Step 1: Click on the Network-Manager icon on the top right of the screen and choose "nceas" from the drop down list.
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Step 2: Copy and paste the key into the password field
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