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West Virginia University offers fast, secure 802.11b/g WiFi network access at various locations around the campus, free of charge for faculty, staff, and students. An activated MasterID account is required for authentication to the wireless network. 

WVU.Encrypted

The WVU.Encrypted network uses WPA/WPA2 and 802.1X (PEAP) for maximum data security. You will need a notebook or wireless device which supports WPA and AES in order to connect to the encrypted network, and you will have to preconfigure a wireless profile for the network before you can connect.

Our step by step instructions will help you configure your computer to connect to the encrypted network.

WVU.Encrypted should be preferred by WVU faculty, staff, and students who will be using the wireless on a regular basis, since the encrypted network eliminates any concerns about wireless eavesdropping, and since on most clients you will reconnect automatically rather than having to re-enter your credentials for each wireless session.

Temporary guest accounts are not valid on the Encrypted network in most cases; visiting guests, and users with wireless handhelds or other non-WPA-compatible devices, should connect to WVU.MountainAir instead.

 

Updated October 23, 2007