How do I connect to the Carthage-Secure network on a Windows device?
- Make sure your wifi is on.
- Two SSIDs are available on campus. Carthage-Open and Carthage-Secure. Choose Carthage-Secure.
- You will be prompted by Windows to authenticate to the network. You will authenticate using your Carthage username and password) NOT your Windows credentials.
- If this is your first time connecting to Carthage-Secure you will be shown an alert -- this is not an error. Choose the "Connect" option.
- You should now be connected to the network and able to surf the web. Connecting to Carthage-Secure automatically registers your machine on the network for 120 days.
To access Carthage-Secure when the connection is not made automatically (as above), follow the steps below.
- Forget the current Carthage-Secure connection your computer knows about as we need to re-add it and change some of the default settings. Methods for doing so will vary between different releases of Windows.
- Go into the Network and Sharing Center via the Control Panel and choose “Manually connect to a wireless network.”
- Add a new Carthage-Secure connection with the following settings:
- Network name: Carthage-Secure
- Security type: WPA2-Enterprise
- Encryption type: AES
- Security Key:
- Check the box next to "Start this connection automatically."
- Check the box next to "Connect even if th network is not broadcasting."
- If by the end of these instructions you are still unable to connect, start over and try setting "Security type" to "802.1x" instead of "WPA2-Enterprise."
- Click "Next" and choose "Change connection settings."
- On the next screen, click the "Security" tab, then the "Settings" button.
- In the setting screen, scroll through the "Trusted Root Certification Authorities until you get to "GeoTrust Global CA." Check this box and click the "Configure" button below.
- On the next screen, make sure the check box next to "Automatically use my windows logon name and password (and domain if any)" is unchecked.
- Click "Ok" on all screens to save your new configuration and try connection to Carthage-Secure. If you see the alert below, click "Connect." Enter your Carthage credentials when prompted for a username and password.
