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In order to use Georgia Tech's LAWN (Local Area Walkup/Wireless
Network) your computer must have a network adapter installed (wired or
wireless), and be configured to use DHCP to obtain a network address.
If your machine has been configured to work on the campus residential
network, the same settings should work for the walk up ports. We start
with instructions for installing a wireless network card.
Installing a wireless network card
The following instructions are meant to be helpful in
installing a wireless network adapter into your portable computer. The
best source of information regarding your card and drivers for it can
be obtained from the manufacturer of the card. This set of instructions
should help provide a guide and is here as an example of a common configuration.
Drivers for Lucent wireless network cards (identified
as WaveLAN or ORiNOCO) can be obtained from the manufacturers web site.
Extract the drivers from the downloaded file into a new directory (eg.
c:\drivers\wavelan) This directory will contain drivers for the card as
well as diagnostic software to verify it's proper function.
| When the wireless card
is inserted into an open socket the computer should recognize the
new card and the fact that drivers have not yet been installed. Choose
to "Manually install the driver for
this card". Then select "Network Adapter" when
asked to select the type of PC Card you are installing. |
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| The Network control panel will open
on the Adapters tab. Click on the
"Add" button and select
"Have Disk" when presented with a list of adapters. You
will then be asked to insert the disk with the software provided by
the manufacturer. Enter the name of the directory where you extracted
the drivers earlier (c:\drivers\wavelan). The "Select
OEM Option" screen should now appear listing the name
of your adapter. Select the driver that matches your card and click
"Ok". |
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| The Add/Edit Configuration Profile
dialog box should now be displayed. Select the first profile and click
the "Edit Profile" button. |
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| The configuration options will open
with the Basic tab selected fill
in the Network Name with GTwireless. |
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| Select the Encryption
Tab and check the "Enable Data Security"
checkbox. Select "Use Hexadecimal"
and enter the encryption key provided by your OIT Customer Support
Center or your local support representative. You can also get
the key online. Then click "Ok"
to finish editing the profile. Click "Ok"
again to close the network control panel. |
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Configuring your device
In order to configure
your computer to connect to the LAWN first login using an account
that has administrative priveledge on your computer. Open the Network
control panel and select the Protocols tab. Confirm that TCP/IP Protocol
is listed. If it is not installed click on the "Add" button
and select TCPIP Protocol from the bottom of the list click on the
"OK" button. If you are adding the TCP/IP protocol you will
be asked if you wish to use DHCP. The correct answer is "Yes".
Next you must configure the TCP/IP properties. Select the TCP/IP Protocol
and click the Properties button. |
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| Select the Adapter you will be using
to connect to the LAWN and verify that "Obtain an IP address
from a DHCP server" is selected. Click "OK" to close
the TCP/IP properties window. |
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Click "Close" to close the Network control
panel.
You will be prompted to restart your computer, wait until harddrive activity
stops and click "Yes".
Your computer is now configured to use the LAWN. Open a web browser, and
you will see the login screen to connect to the web. Click the login button
and you will be prompted for your prism account information. Enter the
information, and click authenticate. You will be connected to the network.
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