Wireless Access in Polk Library

You need to be a currently registered UW Oshkosh student, faculty or staff member to use the wireless access.

Wireless Printing

1. Use your laptop and go to the Academic Computing Site to Download the File .
2. If you have a PC, you will have to know if you have a 32 or 64 bit operating system. Most Windows XP users will be 32 bit. Windows 7 frequently comes in both. If you are unsure of what you have, you can find out by looking at your system settings in the Control Panel. See image below. Click to view larger.

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1. Click on the option that best describes your computer, PC (32 bit or 64 bit) or Mac.
   
2. Click Save File. The filename being saved to your computer is: "UWO-WIRELESS-PRINT-for-W2K.exe"
3. Choose a place to save the file, such as the Desktop.
4. Go to the desktop and double click on the file to begin installation.
5. Ignore any warnings about the file.
6. Select Install to begin.
7. When the software has installed successfully, select Finish.

After installing the wireless printing software, you will be able to print to a campus printing release station, such as the one in Polk 101 (1st floor South) or the Computer Lab (1st floor North) - or at any lab on campus..

From the software menu of the document you wish to print, select:

1. Select UWO Wireless Print from the Printer Name menu. (see below) , Click OK
2. A box labeled Print Job Details will pop up (see below). Login with your computer lab username & password. Your username is the same as your email username. Your password is whatever you use to login in computer labs.
3. Click Print
   

At the print release station:

• Login with the same computer lab username/password that you used to send the job to the printer.
• Select Print to send your document to the printer.

You can login to the wireless using your university email username and password. Login is from the page: https://netauth.uwosh.edu/ For wireless card specifications or other questions, you may call the Academic Computing Help Desk at 424-3020 or email them at acshelp@uwosh.edu.