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Certain devices may not have a web browser or may have limited or cumbersome means of inputing a username and password ( some game devices, mobile phones, and PDAs fall under this category) but you may still wish to utilize the LAWN. By using the LAWN Device Login page, you may authenticate these devices so that they can communicate with the outside world. By doing so, you accept the same responsibility for that device as you would by utilizing a personal laptop on the LAWN.

LAWN Device Login Requirements

You will need:

Your GT Account username and password

The MAC Address (sometimes also referred to as "Ethernet Address") of the device you wish to utilize. (Acceptable formats: 01:23:45:67:89:ab, 01-23-45-67-89-ab, 0123456789ab)

If the device utilizes wireless, it will need to be configured with the LAWN SSID and WEP key.

The device needs to be configured to utilize DHCP to obtain its IP Address and be online (it must have a valid DHCP lease).

LAWN Device Login Behavior

Device Login

Once you authenticate with your username and password, the system will query the DHCP server for a valid lease usi ng the MAC Address that you provide. If there is a valid DHCP lease, we then open a hole in the firewall so that network traffic can pass.

If necessary, you can disable Inbound Service Securit y (ISS) with this login method and it will operate the same.

Device Logout

A LAWN Device Login behaves the same as any other authenticated LAWN device. Once the device fails to renew its DHCP lea se (by going out of range, into sleep mode, or turned off), the login session will be closed and you will need to re-aut horize the device when next you want to use it on the LAWN. We do not support a persistant login based on MAC Address because it is relatively easy to "spoof".

Obtaining Your Device's MAC Address

What is a MAC Address?

A MAC address is a unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs). This identifier is a sequence of 12 hexad ecimal digits (0-9,A-F) most often represented like this 00:11:22:aa:bb:cc or 00-11-22-aa-bb-cc.

How do I find my device's MAC Address?

Nintendo DS

1. Enter the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Setup in the game's menu.
2. Select "Options," then "System Information." The MAC address is displayed on the top line.

Sony PSP

1. Navigate to "System Settings"
2. Then navigate to "System Information," which is where the MAC address is listed.

Nintendo Wii

1. From the Wii Channel menu, select "Wii Settings" (the round button on the bottom-left of the screen with "Wii" on it ).
2. Select "Internet," then "Console Settings."
3. The MAC address of the Wii console is displayed on the first line.

Sony PS3

From the PS3 main menu screen, follow these steps:
1. Select Settings.
2. Select System Settings.
3. Select System Information. This screen will display your PS3 MAC address.<

Microsoft XBOX 360

1. Select Wireless Information from the Advanced Settings screen in the Xbox Dashboard (under System, Network Settings).
2. If you have the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter, this MAC address will match your console's MAC address.

Others

Refer to product documentation

We welcome input into our Login forum. Please feel free to add to the forum below in regard to topics that relate to logging into LAWN. Our hope is that a contribution from the campus will enrich the information of this site for all to benefit.

Please note that the forums are not meant as a replacement for the official OIT help system REMEDY (which can be reached via email ... support@oit.gatech.edu ... or via web at http://remedy.gatech.edu/request.html).

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Gerardo Orozco Valdes Posted: January 22, 2005, 2:35 pm	Is there any way to login automatically with a bookmark or something? This will save time por a PDA user
Christopher Patrick Lee Posted: February 3, 2005, 11:57 pm	Gerardo. I'm not sure about your PDA, but I've been trying to develop scripts for Mac OS X. There is a simple one-liner with the 'curl' utility that seems to work, but it requires you to hardcode your password. curl https://auth.lawn.gatech.edu/index.php -d username=gtxXXXx -d password=grgpbrdll -u url=http://www.google.com I also have an AppleScript that will read the password from the KeyChain and login. I'm going to pass it by OIT before I post that.
Matthew J. Sanders Posted: February 4, 2005, 7:44 am	Please see the "command line" support pages referenced above under "Logging into Lawn". These methods can be used as the building blocks for automating the login process using curl, wget, etc...
Andrew Watson Posted: April 15, 2005, 10:33 am	I've been working on an applescript too but if curl works i'm totally going to use that instead! (inside an applescript!)
Andy Anh Nguyen Posted: May 27, 2005, 12:28 pm	I have an older 3com B wireless card and seem to only be able to connect to the fastpass network around campus and not the GTwireless network. I have the right WEP key information etc...does anyone have any advice?
gth631a Posted: September 20, 2005, 1:10 pm	I noticed that the firewall rules for dns servers have changed. I had problems around that time getting onto the LAWN (I couldn't access the auth page) and someone in the Rich Building had to tell me to change my DNS servers to obtain automatically instead of the static servers I had set previously. While my setup works fine now that it is a standard setup, people who have dns servers that are blocked before authentication cannot resolve the name auth.lawn.gatech.edu to authenticate in the first place. Is it not possible to redirect people to the auth.lawn.gatech.edu's IP Address instead of the named url? This seems like it would allow people to use their own DNS servers easily without changing their settings on their computers.
gtg080s Posted: October 7, 2005, 3:32 pm	I am also unable to connect to the GTwireless signal, though have no problems connecting to FastPass.
gth681y Posted: February 9, 2006, 7:59 pm	Recently LAWN has been failing to redirect to the page whose link I clicked on prior to logging in. System specs: Mac OS X 10.4.4 Build 8G32 Safari 2.0.3 (417.8) Has anyone else (with comparable specs) had this problem?
Adam Arrowood Posted: February 10, 2006, 2:27 pm	:: Recently LAWN has been failing to redirect to the page whose link I clicked on prior to logging in. That was a bug with a new version of the LAWN code. It should be fixed now. -adam a
Ahmad Ashraf Bhatti Posted: February 14, 2006, 12:23 pm	::That was a bug with a new version of the LAWN code. It should be fixed now actually, the problem is still there. my wireless card is picking up fastpass, but it does not detect GTwireless. why could this be?
gth816s Posted: February 24, 2006, 4:19 pm	I am getting logged in as someone who isn't me... it says I'm logged into LAWN but the internet does not work...
gth878d Posted: February 27, 2006, 5:14 pm Modified February 27, 2006, 5:28 pm	i am having the same problem as gth816s. i'm not gth878d, i'm gth667e. what's going on?
gth706f Posted: February 27, 2006, 5:51 pm	I keep getting the message that I'm already logged into LAWN... but I'm not. Then I just got on and saw that someone with my account name (gth816s) posted a message on February 24- and that wasn't me. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
gth706f Posted: February 27, 2006, 5:52 pm	I am account name gth816s, and now it's telling me that I'm gth706f. What is the matter?
gth706f Posted: February 27, 2006, 8:01 pm	What's the matter with this? I am account #816s.
Tanvi Ratna Posted: March 11, 2006, 9:41 pm	I haven't been able to log onto fastpass. don't i just need my e-mail and passowrd?
gth742y Posted: March 15, 2006, 1:51 pm	I cant connect to fastpass. When I try to connect to it, it always gets stuck in the "renewing IP address" phase and after a minute this message shows up "Limited or no connectivity" Please help
lyu3 Posted: April 6, 2006, 9:14 am
William Corey Wood Posted: April 12, 2006, 2:03 pm Modified April 12, 2006, 2:03 pm	I have not been able to connect to the lawn (GTwireless). When I look at the networks in range GTwireless does not even show up. I know I am in range because others around me are connected to it. I have no problems conecting to fastpass or other wireless networks off-campus. What could be causing this problem? Some locations I have tried include Tech square (management building) and the MRDC. If anyone has any suggestions please help.
Jack Weslee Gruendler Posted: April 24, 2006, 11:37 am	Hey, I'm a Mac user too -- since there are so many of us that want to use an automated login script, maybe such a thing ought to be available from the Lawn website instead of all of us having to reinvent it ourselves. Particularly, it would be nice to have an Applescript that automatically runs whenever the computer connects to GTWireless.
gth838n Posted: May 1, 2006, 12:30 pm	I am a Mac user and sometimes I can't get to the authentication page... I have full reception, I was wondering if there was anything that I could do in order to insure that I can get to the authentication page everywhere. Thanks
gth838n Posted: May 1, 2006, 1:00 pm	Mac users: I used this command line in terminal to login to lawn when the redirection page would not come up and it worked. For some reason it only works with the iss turned off which is the "false" variable in the line, anyways replace "gtid" with your gt id and obviously "pw" with your password (leave the single quote in the line) curl -s -f -F username='gtid' -F password='pw' -F iss='false' -F output='text' https://auth.lawn.gatech.edu/index.php
Kymry Theresa Jones Posted: May 10, 2006, 4:27 pm	I'm logged on but unable to browse. You would think Gatech would have a user-friendly wireless network, what with technology in the title. Go figure. How about starting with a easily identifiable login screen that always pops up? Directions for browsing?
Vivek Kaul Posted: May 14, 2006, 1:07 pm	That problem of browsing occurs once in a while but you should either retype the url and click or close the present window and start all over again, until we get a more user friendly login screen as you suggest.
Michael James Cook Posted: May 17, 2006, 3:30 pm	I can connect fine, or so it appears. I am just having trouble getting to the login page. I even tried going directly to https://auth.lawn.gatech.edu/index.php but it can't find auth.lawn.gatech.edu.
sjordan6 Posted: May 25, 2006, 1:23 pm	I would like to know why it is so difficult to simply log on to GT wireless....I'm connected but cant get out of the lawn network. It becomes really frustrating when you need to get work done.
C. John Langley Posted: June 7, 2006, 9:58 am	am GT faculty but can't get on LAWN - everyone around me is on.
Brian William Danziger Posted: September 3, 2006, 1:51 pm	I can not seem to get onto LAWN, even when I use a direct link to to the login page it tells me that my access is denied. I'm confused, what am I doing wrong?
hryu6 Posted: September 19, 2006, 10:42 am	I am unable to connect to the GTwireless signal, though have no problems connecting to FastPass. My accout is hryu6. What is the problem of that?
jsimmons8 Posted: September 26, 2006, 6:57 pm	LAWN sucks!!! i am NOT an external network, i DO have a password and username, and the LAWN site which includes this forum does not have an easy to find link to the login. By the way, FASTPASS is not the only network in the IC building! I try, but I am an idiot when it comes to technology, why not make it easier for the average Joe to navigate the web
Yang Yang Posted: November 21, 2006, 4:17 pm	Hi, I cannot log in the GT wireless. I don't know why. Always FASTPASS occupied my wireless. I cannot find GT wireless while others can make it. Who can help me?
rlipman3 Posted: May 20, 2007, 3:16 pm Modified May 21, 2007, 8:18 pm	I put together a quick shell script to connect devices to LAWN: http://aeonslair.com/2007/05/21/script-devicelogin/
gth814d Posted: June 25, 2007, 12:36 pm	Anyone having trouble connecting a Wii to LAWN? I get error code 32004, which seems to imply that there is a firewall issue. (http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/errors/results.jsp?action.x=0&action.y=0&error_code=32004&system=Wii&locale=en_US) I downloaded the first set of updates (when you first connect to the internet) fine. In the middle of the second set up updates, I get this error. Any advice?
Rajib Bhattacharjea Posted: August 17, 2007, 2:43 pm	For Mac users, and for *nix users who have curl, I wrote the following shell script for bash: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg037s/lawn If you work with the command line a lot, this is much faster than loading the website for login. Just remember to chmod +rx it, and make sure you put it somewhere in your $PATH like /bin/lawn
awilliamso3 Posted: August 19, 2007, 1:11 pm	Can I get TIVO to connect to GTwireless? How do I do it?
awilliamso3 Posted: August 19, 2007, 1:11 pm	Can I get TIVO to connect to GTwireless? How do I do it?
Andrew Elliott Roberts Posted: August 28, 2007, 4:55 pm	is the device login page not working?
sgupta43 Posted: September 9, 2007, 4:49 pm	Hi guys, I made a small AppleScript for automatic login with Growl notifications.(Pasword not hardcoded) Simply put your login user/pass in your encrypted key-chain under "LawnAccess". i.e. create a new entry in first keychain with the name LawnAccess. ----------- --Specify Which SSID we looking for? property WifiNetwork : "GTwireless" on run -- GTwireless Detection set WirelessName to do shell script "system_profiler SPAirPortDataType \| grep \"Current Wireless Network\" \| awk '{print $4}'" -- Tell Growl GTwireless has been found if WirelessName is WifiNetwork then tell application "GrowlHelperApp" register as application "LawnAccess Script" all notifications ¬ {"LawnAccess"} default notifications {"LawnAccess"} icon of application "Script Editor" notify with name "LawnAccess" title "GTwireless" description "is in range" application name "LawnAccess Script" end tell if WirelessName is WifiNetwork then tell application "Keychain Scripting" set myPass to password of first key of current keychain whose name is "LawnAccess" set myUser to account of first key of current keychain whose name is "LawnAccess" end tell set LawnResult to do shell script "curl -s -f -F username=" & myUser & " -F password=" & myPass & " -F iss='false' -F output='text' https://auth.lawn.gatech.edu/index.php" tell application "GrowlHelperApp" notify with name "LawnAccess" title "Lawn Status" description LawnResult application name "LawnAccess Script" end tell end if return & WirelessName end run -------------------------
gth681y Posted: September 13, 2007, 3:10 pm	I've written a program for Mac OS X that automatically logs you in to LAWN whenever you connect to it. I repeat, this program is automatically invoked whenever you connect to 'GTwireless'. Check it out at: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth681y/scripts.shtml#lawnAutologin
Jonathan Lee Hege Posted: October 3, 2007, 1:02 pm	I have an iPhone and I would like to find a way for it to automatically login to GTwireless so I don't have to enter my login information every time. Thanks for any help!
kpartyka3 Posted: November 13, 2007, 10:36 am	Has anyone made a Greasemonkey script to do this? It'd be really nice if some Windows users could do this.
nrajan3 Posted: November 25, 2007, 4:58 pm	all can check a programme called devicescape.. download the small software.. and register at devicescape website.. does auto login to lawn..no more lawn login page.. works with nokia s60, mac, windows, iphone.. works great for me..
pmarin6 Posted: January 9, 2008, 9:27 am	I\'m trying to login to lawn device on my iPhone and I\'ve tried from both the fastpass and gtwireless networks but the problem I get is it cannot find the mac address on the network. Any help? Thanks.
James Shawn Carnley Posted: January 16, 2008, 1:04 pm	The device login page is broken.
cdupart3 Posted: January 18, 2008, 9:39 am	Someone wanna help me connect my ipod touch to GTwireless??? For whatever reason it says that the mac address is invalid, or if I am "connected" it says that "safari is unable to locate the server"... any help would be great, Thanks.
twooten3 Posted: February 13, 2008, 7:56 pm	i also have an iPod Touch. I CAN connect to GTwireless however it would be great to have to not enter my password and username everytime I turn it on. Is there such a thing as a LAWN persistent login? If not, please make one!
rledantec3 Posted: February 23, 2008, 10:35 am	I just want to get into login page for staff and faculty (no device login), why is it so difficult to get there? having the link on the left side navigation would help.
hdarb3 Posted: June 17, 2008, 2:33 pm	I just want to get into login page for staff and faculty (no device login),
Derek Lawrence Hoye Posted: July 8, 2008, 9:57 am	"Access Denied: You cannot log into LAWN from external networks." I'm on campus with a laptop. I dunno what I'm doing wrong. I've never been able to get on lawn.
GT38 Posted: August 20, 2008, 10:03 pm Modified August 20, 2008, 10:04 pm	For those who are unaware, I would like to inform the Gatech public (rather shamelessly) of LawnLogin, which is my program to automatically log Windows machines into LAWN as soon as you connect to the network. http://www.hydrous.net/links/lawnlogin Enjoy, and please let me know if you ever experience any issues. - Ethan Trewhitt (et58)
swoodworth3 Posted: August 24, 2008, 7:39 pm	i'm trying to set up my xbox 360 on the network, but keep getting told that my MTU test is failing.. any ideas as to remedy this? thanks

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