Wireless Access in Physics

Wireless access is now active for most of 2nd & 3rd floors, as well as B129E.

Primary uses designed for 202/204 conference rooms, and many research offices & labs/font>

It "should" be as simple as:

Plugin or enable wireless (and install drivers for first time if not automatic)
Open the wireless setup and explicitly Enter "AirOrange" for SSID (case sensitive)
Select AirOrange->Properties and turn off Data encryption (WEP)
Open a browser to cms.syr.edu and login (should automatically take you to AirOrange login)
Keep the 'SU login agent window' open to keep the connection alive
To connect to Physics Samba shares (drives & printers) use the full path of physics.syr.edu (ex: \\physics.syr.edu\printer )
* If you have any problems, email consult@cas.syr.edu

You should see an icon in the lower right taskbar for connection strength and speed information

Insecure, use VPN: Wireless is insecure... any sensitive traffic should be left to a dedicated hardwired line. Wireless network is also firewalled, so you may not be able to connect to some network shares, drives, printers.
We recommend use of Syracuse University's VPN client, which will encrypt your session.

VPN client login problem?

Problem: Login failed. Please consult the switch log for futher information
Cause: You need to set a challenge question and response

Samba: To connect to Physics Samba shares (drives & printers) use the full path of physics.syr.edu (ex: \\physics.syr.edu\printer )

Connection w/o VPN client: If your browser homepage is a location that does not end in "syr.edu" you will not get the Air Orange authentication window when you launch it. Your browser will keep trying to find your homepage, but get no where. To get your browser to connect to the AirOrange authentication window, type in the following URL: http://cms.syr.edu/ . Doing so will launch the authentication window and you can proceed just as you do now.

Wireless setup & info links:

SU AirOrange main page

What you need to connect.

How-to Guide to Wireless Networking at SU

How to setup your card/laptop for wireless

FAQ (do not install your own wireless access point)

Disclaimer:
I don't guarantee these pages to be 100% accurate or complete, although I did try to make them that way.
If you notice an error, or something that could help people better, please let me know.

Physics Help Pages Maintained by Dan Kirkpatrick
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