Wireless LAN Facilities for Delegates
July 2002
INDEX
ITU’S WIRELESS LAN FACILITIES for Delegates .............................................................................. 3
Buying Wireless Cards .................................................................................................................... 3
Configuration Parameters for the ITU’s Wireless LAN ................................................................ 3
Few Useful Reminders .................................................................................................................... 4
Support ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Delegate Network Printers ............................................................................................................ 4
Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................................. 6
ITU’S WIRELESS LAN FACILITIES for Delegates
ITU has installed an IEEE 802.11b wireless network in its main conference room areas and in
the CICG building. The network comprises 11 Mb/s 2.4 GHz access points installed in
various parts of the buildings to allow Delegates to connect to the ITU’s external network
using their laptops equipped with a wireless card to access TIES, meeting documents and
benefit from Internet connectivity. Any Wi-Fi certified wireless card can be used. The ITU
recommends the use of 128-bit encryption cards from known vendors to minimize
problems and to facilitate troubleshooting.
Wireless connections to the network can be made from the following locations:
 ITU Tower building (“La Tour”): Coverage comprises practically the whole delegate
areas in the 2nd basement, offering up to 640 connections from Rooms A, B, C and
Salle des Pas Perdus.
 ITU Montbrillant building: Coverage comprises up to 160 connections from the
Cyber-Café area on the 2nd floor, and up to 480 connections from the 1st floor
(covering all the rooms H1, H2, K1, K2, M1, M2, L1 and L2).
 CICG building: Coverage comprises up to 480 connections from Rooms 2, 3, 4, 16,
17, 18 and the complete Cyber-Café area in Level -1. The network is only enabled
during ITU meetings or conferences.
The installation and use of non-ITU Wireless access points without prior authorisation from
the IS Department is prohibited.
Buying Wireless Cards
Delegates are required to use their own cards. Please ensure that the card is compatible
with “Wi-Fi compatible 802.11b wireless card with 128-bit encryption” (encryption is
optional at the moment in ITU, but it is likely to become mandatory in future). The ITU’s
bookshop has a limited quantity of wireless cards for sale.
Configuration Parameters for the ITU’s Wireless LAN
Please follow the installation instructions delivered with the card. You may need to login
with administrator privileges depending on your PC’s operating system and the card
purchased.
The following parameters should be set in order to connect to the ITU wireless network:
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Set the case-sensitive SSID as “ITUdelg”.
Set WEP Encryption to “Off”. WEP encryption is not used at the moment.
Set Operation mode to “Infrastructure” (not Ad-Hoc).
Enable DHCP so that your laptop will obtain the IP address and other network
parameters automatically.
Most cards are able to search for the radio channel automatically. If your card
does not support this function, try channel 1, 6 or 11. You may have to change to
another channel if you move to another part of the building.
Few Useful Reminders
1. If you are concerned about security, please use personal firewall software.
2. Ensure that your Internet browser’s proxy is either removed or set to wwwproxy.itu.int:3128
3. Set up smtp.itu.int as your Outgoing (SMTP) server
4. Please note that wireless network connections are good for web browsing but fair
for FTP downloads or for TELNET applications. Some ITU meeting rooms are
equipped with fixed network Ethernet access points that allow delegates to
overcome potential problems.
5. Before taking out your wireless card (or any other PC Card from its slot), you should
first properly stop it, or risk re-installation of OS.
6. Wireless cards do drain power from your laptop (sometimes quite significantly) – so
recharge your laptop’s battery more frequently.
Support
Delegates can obtain support from the TIES Helpdesk, Tel. Ext. 6666 (Office V.29).
Delegate Network Printers
Connections to the printers can be done:
 Via the parallel cable
 Via infrared port
 Or via the network.
For example, to connect to a printer via the DOS prompt, type
NET USE LPT1: \\archery\hpdelm2_gr
ITU Areas with printers and their share names:
Bureaux des Presidents
\\archery\hpt073_ps\
\\archery\hpt073_gr
Cybercafe
\\escrime\hpt2ss_ps
\\escrime\hpt2ss_gr
Varembe Office V450
\\archery\hpv450
Montbrilliant Conference Zone
\\archery\hpdelm1
Montbrilliant 2nd Floor
\\archery\hpdelm2_ps
\\archery\hpdelm2_gr
Wireless LAN Facilities for Delegates
TIES Helpdesk
Montbrilliant 2nd Floor Offices
\\archery\hpdel3m2_ps
\\archery\hpdel3m2_gr
Montbrilliant 6th Floor
\\archery\hpdelm6_ps
\\archery\hpdelm6_gr
Temporary CICG Cybercafe (basement)
\\archery\cicgd1
\\archery\cicgd2
\\archery\cicgd3
Wireless LAN Facilities for Delegates
TIES Helpdesk
Miscellaneous
Information notice (ITU TIES Internet Services)
ITU TIES Internet Services is a service of the ITU IS Department.
If you have any questions or problems, please contact the ITU TIES Helpdesk:
Phone:
Fax:
Internet e-mail:
Telex:
+41 22 730 6666
+41 22 730 5337
ties.helpdesk@itu.int
421 000 uit ch
Postal mail:
International Telecommunication Union
Information Services Dept. - ITU/TIES
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland