JMU Wireless Network
Configuration for
Windows XP
Windows XP Service Pack 3 is required for WPA2.
The Service Pack 3 update for Windows XP is available from Microsoft at
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389
Service Pack 2 for Windows XP x64 Edition is required for WPA2.
Windows XP users are highly encouraged to upgrade to a more
recent release, such as Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
This guide does not cover third-party wireless connection managers such
as the Dell and Intel utilities. Use of these utilities is not recommended.
Connecting for the first time
If your computer is not currently connected to a wireless network, Windows may
present the following message to let you know that it has detected one or more of
them. Click on the Wireless networks detected balloon to display a list of
available networks.
If your computer is already connected to a wireless network or does not present
the above message, right-click on the Wireless Network Connection icon on
the right of the Task Bar and then click on View Available Wireless Networks
to display the list of available wireless networks.
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From the Wireless Network Connection window, click on Change advanced
settings under Related Tasks. Do not choose JMU-Official-Wireless from here
the first time.
If you are logged in as a regular (non-Administrator) user, Windows will let you
know that you cannot change some settings. Click on the OK button.
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The Wireless Network Connection Properties window will come up on the
General tab. Click on the Wireless Networks tab at the top.
If the Wireless Networks tab is not present, your wireless connection is being
managed by third-party software such as the Dell or Intel wireless utilities. Please
see the Third-party wireless software sections at the end of this document for
information on disabling these utilities.
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Now click on the Add... button under Preferred networks.
This will begin to configure Windows XP to join the wireless network and will
need to be done only once.
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In the resulting Wireless network properties window, enter JMU-OfficialWireless in the Network name (SSID) field.
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Then select WPA2 from the Network Authentication drop-down list under
Wireless network key.
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After selecting WPA2 from Network Authentication, the Data encryption will
automatically be set to AES. Click on the Authentication tab at the top to
continue.
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Next, select Protected EAP (PEAP) from the EAP type drop-down list.
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Then uncheck the box next to Authenticate as computer when computer
information is available.
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If your computer is NOT joined to Active Directory, click on Properties.
If your computer IS joined to Active Directory, click on OK. Your computer will
automatically sign in to the wireless network using the Active Directory
credentials you used to log in to your computer. If you do not want it sign in
automatically, click on Properties instead.
If you aren’t sure whether your computer is joined to Active Directory, click on
Properties.
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If you clicked Properties, the Protected EAP Properties window will be
displayed. From here, click the Configure... button next to Secured password
(EAP-MSCHAP v2).
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If your computer is NOT joined to Active Directory, uncheck the box next to
Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if
any), then click on OK.
If your computer IS joined to Active Directory and you want your computer to
automatically sign in to the wireless network, leave the box checked and click on
OK.
If you are not sure if your computer is joined to Active Directory, uncheck the box
and click on OK.
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This will return you to the Protected EAP Properties window. Click on OK.
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This will return you to the Wireless network properties window. Click on OK.
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This will return you to the Wireless Network Connection Properties window
and JMU-Official-Wireless will now be listed under Preferred networks.
If you clicked OK instead of Properties after choosing PEAP from the EAP type
drop-down list, you will return here.
Click on OK.
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Windows now will attempt to connect to the JMU-Official-Wireless network if it
is in range.
If your computer is not joined to Active Directory (or if you unchecked the
Automatically use my Windows logon name and password setting), you will
receive a message asking for your logon credentials to connect to the wireless
network. Click on the Wireless Network Connection balloon to bring up the
login prompt.
Enter your e-ID and password, then click OK. Be sure to leave Logon domain
empty.
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Windows will then attempt to validate the authentication server’s certificate.
Click on the Wireless Network Connection balloon to continue.
You will then be prompted to accept the authentication server’s certificate to
initiate encryption. This keeps your e-ID and password safe.
To accept the certificate, whose Root Certification Authority will be
USERTrust RSA Certification Authority, click on OK.
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If your computer is joined to Active Directory, Windows will use the domain
credentials you logged on with to join the JMU-Official-Wireless network.
It may take several seconds for your computer to acquire an IP address, during
which time Windows may change the Wireless Network Connection icon to
look like the one below on the far left.
After successfully connecting to the wireless network and getting an IP address,
Windows will display the following message (though your Signal Strength may
vary).
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Reconnecting
If your computer is not currently connected to a wireless network, Windows may
present the following message to let you know that it has detected one or more of
them. Click on the Wireless networks detected balloon to display a list of
available networks.
If your computer is already connected to a wireless network or does not present
the above message, right-click on the Wireless Network Connection icon on
the right of the Task Bar and then click on View Available Wireless Networks
to bring up the list of available wireless networks.
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From the Wireless Network Connection window, click on JMU-OfficialWireless, which will highlight it, and then click the Connect button at the bottom
Windows will present a progress display while it attempts to connect to the
wireless network.
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It may take several seconds for your computer to acquire an IP address, during
which time the progress display message may change from Waiting for the
network... to Waiting for network to be ready....
After Windows has successfully reconnected to the wireless network it will return
to the Choose a wireless network window, showing JMU-Official-Wireless as
Connected. Click on the red X button in the top right corner to finish.
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Third-party wireless software - Dell
To disable the Dell Wireless Configuration Utility and let Windows XP manage
wireless connections itself, begin by right-clicking on the Dell Wireless
Configuration Utility icon in the Task Bar and click Open Utility from the menu
that appears.
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility window will come up on the Wireless
Networks tab.
Uncheck the box next to Show utility icon.
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Then uncheck the box next to Let this tool manage your wireless networks.
Click the OK button at the bottom.
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Third-party wireless software - Intel
To disable the Intel PROSet Wireless Software and let Windows XP manage
wireless connections itself, right-click on the Intel PROSet Wireless Software
icon in the Task Bar and click Use Windows to manage Wi-Fi from the menu
that comes up.
You will then be prompted to confirm that you want to stop using the Intel
PROSet Wireless Software to manage your wireless network connection.
Click Yes.
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