About wireless connections to the Internet at IUB and IUPUI

On this page:

• Wireless access at IU
• Wireless locations
• Wireless for IU visitors
• If you have trouble

Wireless access at IU

• IU Secure: IU Secure is a new IU wireless network for Indiana University students, faculty, and staff that uses WPA2 Enterprise (Wi-Fi Protected Access) for authentication. Using IU Secure, you can securely access the Internet and IU services without using a VPN connection. For more, see What is IU Secure?

  Note: The IU Wireless network is an older network that provides only unencrypted wireless access. UITS recommends that you use IU Secure instead. In summer 2009, UITS will retire the IU Wireless network.

• Wireless card configuration: You'll need to configure your computer's wireless card so your device can see IU's wireless network; see At IU, how do I configure my Windows wireless network card? or In Mac OS X, how do I configure my network settings to use my AirPort card?
  
  
• Operating system/device configuration: To connect to the IU Secure network, see the appropriate document for your operating system or device:
  
  
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4
  • iPhone 2.0
  • Linux

Wireless locations

For a list of UITS-supported secure wireless sites at IUB and IUPUI, see the UITS wireless sites page.

At Indiana University Bloomington and IUPUI, University Information Technology Services (UITS) is in the process of extending the new IU Secure wireless network beyond the common areas and into every student room of the residence halls. If IU Secure is not yet available in your IUB residence hall, you may operate a properly configured wireless access point (WAP) as an exception to the IT-19 Extending the University Data Network and IT-20 Wireless Networking policies from the University Information Policy Office (UIPO). Once IU Secure is available in your residence hall, this exception will no longer apply, and you will have to remove your WAP from the network. For details, see At IUB, if my residence hall does not yet have IU wireless network access, how do I configure a wireless access point?

In Bloomington, you can also make a wireless connection off campus at any of Kiva Networking's wireless access KSpots, using your IU Network ID and a VPN connection to IU's network. For more, see At IUB, what is Kiva Everywhere?

Wireless for IU visitors

If you are visiting IU and need to access the Internet via your personal computer while on campus, you can get temporary wireless Internet access by obtaining a Network Access account. See At IUB and IUPUI, what is a Network Access account, and how do I get one?

Note: Indiana University and Purdue University allow researchers and visitors wireless access to their own networks from each campus. For details, see Wireless access at Indiana University and Purdue University.

If you have trouble

If you have trouble connecting to IU's wireless network, see Troubleshooting your on-campus wireless networking connection.

Also see:

• What is Wi-Fi?