Wireless

Initial temporary authorization

When you first come to the lab you may temporarily connect your laptop to the lab-wide wireless system. Open up a web browser when you connect to the network. You will be redirected to a temporary registration page. Your machine will be scanned for viruses and vulnerabilities. After successfully registering and passing the security scan, you will need to release and renew your DHCP IP. For more information, refer to Getting Connected.

If you have several network interfaces on your laptop ( for example both wireless and wired), you need to do this for each network interface the first time that each is used.

Permanent Authorization

The temporary authorization will last for 5 days. During this time you should register your machine with lab and you will be granted a permanent authorization. See Getting Connected, node registration link. In the "Identifier Type" field, select "Hardware Address" and in the box enter the MAC address of your network interface. If your machine has more than one network interface you should register all of them.

On a scientific linux machine you can learn the MAC address of your network interfaces with the shell command: /sbin/ifconfig. On a MacIntosh use: ifconfig. On a Windows machine open a "Run Command" window and type ipconfig.