Currently, physicsWPA is only supported with Physics accounts, NOT with university X500 accounts. We are investigating how to support X500 accounts. If you would like to try it, you must first activate Active Directory
Some computers come pre-configured with 3rd party wireless connection tools, such as Intel, ThinkPad, and others. The following directions assume use of the stock windows vista connection manager.
Open the Start Menu by clicking the circle in the lower left hand corner. Then click on Control Panel:
Click “Network and Internet”:
Next, click “Network and Sharing Center”:
Next, click “Manage wireless networks”:
Then click “Add”:
Now click “Manually create a network profile”:
In the “Manually connect to a wireless network” screen, type “PhysicsWPA” for network name, and select WPA2-Enterprise for security type. Choose “AES” for Encryption type, then click “Next”:
Next, click “Change connection settings”:
On the Wireless network properties page, uncheck “Connect to a more preferred network if available”, then click to the “Security” tab:
Verify the security type and encryption settings, and then click “Settings”:
On the Protected EAP Properties dialog, check “Validate server certificate”, and “Connect to these servers”. Fill in 'www.physics.umn.edu'. Scroll down in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities box, and check “Thawte Premium Server CA”. Finally, click “Configure” at the bottom:
In the little EAP MSCHAPv2 Properties pop-up, UNCHECK “Automatically use my Windows logon name and password”, and click OK, and OK two more times to close the open windows:
In a few seconds, windows will pop up a notification in the lower right hand corner of your screen, telling you that the wireless network needs additional information. Click on the notification:
Enter your physics username and password into the “Enter Credentials” box. Do not enter anything for “Domain”. Click OK:
If all goes well, the “network and sharing” control panel window will show you connected.
If you have trouble getting it to work, bring your laptop down to S43 for assistance.
