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Machine authentication - Campus Imaged Laptops

Use this procedure for campus owned machines that use local or domain job accounts. This assumes that 'Titan WiFi' profile is saved under the wireless settings in Windows already. if not a profile will need to be added.

UWOAD Domain Machine Authentication

  • Turn the wireless off on the laptop, it is typically signified as on by a blue light.
  • Go to 'Control Panel' -> 'Network and Sharing Center' -> 'Manage Wireless Networks' (look at the left side of the window).
  • Right click 'Titan WiFi'.  Go to the 'Security Tab'.  Select 'Settings'.  Make sure that under 'Select Authentication Method', Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) is selected, then click configure.
  • Now go to 'Advanced Settings'.  Check 'Specify authentication mode:'.  Make sure that 'Computer authentication' is selected.  Then click 'Save Credentials'.  Now type in a valid 'NetID' and password.  Click 'OK'. Click 'OK' again.  Click 'OK' for a third time.  Now click 'Close'.
  • Turn the laptop wireless back on.   Make sure that the laptop has selected 'Titan WiFi' with the wireless.
  • If there are still problems connecting after doing all the above steps, connect to 'Titan WiFi Guest', with the laptop, open a browser, have the captive portal login pop up.  Then without signing in connect back to 'Titan WiFi'.

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    If there is a message about an untrusted certificate with the option of 'Terminate' or 'Connect', select 'Connect'.  Windows does not trust any certificates for 802.1x connections by default.



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