Macally Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard for Mac A reasonable facsimile of Apple's Magic Keyboard, Macally's keyboard is also a slim, low-profile wireless keyboard with a battery that will last you. Mar 23, 2016 You can use the Wi-Fi menu on your Mac to see the status of your wireless network connection, switch between networks, or turn Wi-Fi on or off. Connect to Wi-Fi You can use the Wi-Fi menu to quickly connect to a nearby wireless network.

Wireless network service is available in all academic spaces, residence hall rooms, and also a growing number of outdoor spaces.

Wireless Service For Mac Computers

Before you connect:

1. Be registered for wireless service

• Students are automatically registered for wireless service.
  
• Faculty and staff may obtain wireless service through their department. Contact your organization's Communications Liaison if you are an employee in need of wireless service.

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2. Your Network Password

Your Network Password is different from your PID password.

3. Connect to the eduroam network

eduroam is available across the Virginia Tech campuses. Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to use the eduroam wireless network, which will also enable Internet access at participating universities and institutions.

Virginia Tech wireless networks use the IEEE 802.1x authentication standard. Once configured, there will be no need to manually authenticate with each access to the wireless network.

To connect:

• Select the eduroam network from the list of available networks on your device.
• Your username will be [yourPID]@vt.edu and your password will be your network password.
• If you are unsure of your network password you can generate one or view a previously generated password.

More detailed instructions for connecting to eduroam are available from 4Help.

Wireless Routers

Students are not permitted to connect personal wireless routers to the Virginia Tech network in buildings with Virginia Tech wireless service. Each residence hall room, with the current exception of Thomas and Monteith Halls, has one active 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) wired network portal. Residents may purchase an Ethernet switch to provide more wired network connections.

Mac Wireless Settings

Additional Wireless Devices

Users can connect Smart TVs, game consoles, and other devices that cannot connect to eduroam to the VirginiaTech wireless network. Register your devices here. Step-by-step instructions are available from 4Help.

Audio Transcript

WiFi is everywhere, from hotels to cafés and lots of people use wireless networks at home. You can connect your Mac to a WiFi network using AirPort, which is Apple’s wireless networking gear.

If you’re setting up the network at home, you need to configure the AirPort base station. So, just connect an Ethernet cable from your broadband modem to the base station, then connect your base station to your computers Ethernet port.

Plug in the base stations power cable and wait for the solid light to turn green.

Now on your Mac, open the applications folder. Then select the utilities sub folder. Double click the AirPort utility icon. You should see the AirPort base station on the left, in which case, click it and choose the continue button. If the station is not listed, choose, set up a new AirPort base station and click continue.

On the next screen, enter a password for the base station. Make sure you write this password down and keep this somewhere safe, because you’ll need it again if you want to change the base station settings and click continue.

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Now decide whether you want to create a new wireless network or connect the base station to an existing wireless network. In this case, we’re creating a new network, so click the continue button. If you’re adding the base station to an existing network, make the wireless network name the same as for the rest of the network. Click continue again and choose a security format. WPA is your safest bet, but some older computers will only support WEP. Use the highest level of security supported by your equipment. And now you guessed it, click continue.

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Okay, you’re getting close. On the next screen, decide whether you’re connecting the AirPort base station to a router or a modem, then click continue. Then choose how to connect to the internet. Most people use DHCP and choose continue again. And finally, verify all the set up details and click the magic button to update. At this point the base station restarts and once it’s done, you see a congratulations screen. The set up is complete when you choose quit.

And once you’ve set up your base station and created your wireless network, you can connect via WiFi. All you need is the name of the network and the password.

This is a great way to free you up from your cables and allows you the flexibility to work or play on your WiFi compatible computer wherever you want.