Wireless Network
Connecting
Information for everyone
You will need computer equipment with built-in IEEE 802.11 wireless networking, also known as WiFi. This applies to most modern laptop computers, and many PDAs and smartphones.
If you have any problems getting wireless networking up and running on your device, please check our Frequently Asked Questions at www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/faq.html before contacting your IT support (see www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/support.html).
Staff Desktop Service
If you have already enabled wireless networking on your laptop, then it will be automatically configured to connect to the lboro network. Note that you will need to turn on wireless networking on your laptop. This is done on most laptops using a physical switch. Please refer to your documentation or IT support for more information.
If you have not already enabled your wireless networking, you should select Wireless Networking - Enable from the list of optional applications (see www.lboro.ac.uk/it/desktop/xp/optional.html) available to your computer. This will configure your laptop to use the University's wireless network.
Please see the Frequently Asked Questions at www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/faq.html if you have any problems, or contact your local IT Support.
Staff not using Staff Desktop
If you are a member of staff but not a user of the Staff Desktop service you will either need to have the Staff Desktop service installed on your computer or follow the instructions for Windows XP or Vista or other systems below.
Other systems
We have provided instructions for configuring computers running Windows XP not Staff Desktop www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/xp.html, Windows Vista www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/vista.html, Macintosh Leopard (10.5) www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/leopard.html, Macintosh Panther or Tiger (10.3 or 10.4) www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/mac.html and Linux www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/linux.html.
We have also provided advice for configuring PDAs and smartphones with Windows Mobile 5 www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/windows-mobile-5.html, Nokia Series 60 www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/nokia-series-60.html, and Nokia Series 80 www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/nokia-series-80.html, and advice for the iPod Touch and iPhone www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/iphone.html.
Support for any other devices not listed above will be on a best-efforts basis. We have provided the technical details www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/others.html needed to set up your wireless networking on other devices that support WPA Enterprise wireless networking. Please note that these are intended for expert users. If your device does not support WPA Enterprise, you can still use the lboro-web wireless network.