Connecting a university-owned laptop

Connecting a university-owned laptop to the wireless network

For Windows XP Systems:

1. Locate the CSID of your computer.
   
2. Contact the Computing Services Help Desk at x2640 or helpdesk@clarion.edu and submit a request to have your computer connected to the "Managed Wireless Network".
   
3. Computing Services will ask you to connect your laptop to a wired network port and power it up

For Mac OS X Systems refer to the personally-owned instructions by clicking here

If you are having trouble connecting perform the following steps

1. Go to the Control Panel and open the Network Connections.
   
2. Right-click on the Wireless Network Card and selected Properties. 
   Note: you may receive a message stating that some of the controls are disabled because of insufficient privileges. If so, just click OK.
   
3. Click on the Wireless Networks tab.
   
4. Verify that "cu-wifi-managed (automatic)" is listed if you are on the Clarion campus or "ven-wifi-managed (automatic)" is listed if you are on the Venango campus.
   
5. If this does not resolve your problem contact the Computing Services Help Desk at x2640 or helpdesk@clarion.edu.