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DeptCW Wireless

There are a number of wireless access point in building Celestijnenlaan 200A.

These access points have both 802.11g (54Mbps à 2,4 Ghz and compatible with 802.11b) and 802.11a (54Mbps à 5GHz).

On these access points there are (at least) 3 wireless networks available: eduroam, kuleuven and kuleuven-guest.

These access points and wireless networks on them are implemented/maintained by central KULeuven ICTS:

Connection instructions:

  • You can/must use DHCP to get a working network configuration on/for either network.
    • As DHCP is the most common protocol used by ISPs, your computer probably already is configured to do so.
  • When connecting, you need to authenticate yourself to get access to the KULeuven networks and to the Internet.
    • The exact authentication method varies according to the network, see below for details

kuleuven-guest

  • clear text wireless or cabled network
  • no network access until succesfully authenticated as shown on the CS-CampusNet page.
    • do notice that on wireless kuleuven-guest only guest-accounts cn0035* can log in
    • if you have another type of KULeuven account (student or personnel), you should use one of the other wireless networks
  • try to avoid using the wireless kuleuven-guest network because it is not encrypted and easily sniffable!

kuleuven

  • encrypted wireless network
  • no network access until succesfully authenticated using a KULeuven personel account u1234567@kuleuven.be
  • see detailed instructions below

eduroam

  • encrypted wireless network
  • no network access until succesfully authenticated using:
  • see detailed instructions below unless you are connecting with your own eduroam account from your home institution (in which case you probably need to follow their instructions ;-)

Detailed instructions for both eduroam and kuleuven

  • Most of the instructions below are written for eduroam, but work in the same way for the kuleuven network
  • The @kuleuven.be part in your account name is important; without it you will not be able to connect
  • Configure your connection to use:
    • WPA2-Enterprise with AES encryption
    • Microsoft Protected EAP (PEAP) authentication
      • Do not let your system remember your logon credentials !
      • Enable Validate server certificate
      • Connect to radius.kuleuven.be
      • Accept/Trust the AddTrust External Root certificate
      • Consider whether you would like to be prompted to authorize new servers or certificates
      • Select Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2)
        • Do not automatically use logon name and password