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Connecting to IU Secure in Mac OS X 10.5 or later

Note: Beginning January 1, 2010, UITS will require MAC address registration to connect to the IU Secure network. This applies to new devices only; any device that has connected to IU Secure during fall semester 2009 will be grandfathered into the DHCP database and will not need to register. For more information on MAC address registration, see Registering your computer on the IU network

To connect to the IU Secure wireless network, you can either use the IU Secure Assistant from IUware, or follow the instructions below to manually configure your computer.

Note: Use these instructions to configure Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later to connect to the IU Secure SSID with AirPort. For Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), see Connecting to IU Secure in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)

  1. From the AirPort menu, select IU Secure.

  2. When prompted, enter your IU Network ID.

  3. When prompted to verify the certificate, click Show Certificate and verify that:

    • The certificate is signed by Thawte Premium Server CA.
    • The certificate name is net-auth-1.noc.iu.edu.

  4. Check Always trust "net-auth-1.noc.iu.edu" and click Continue.

    Note: Due to a bug in Leopard, you may be prompted to verify the certificate more than once. You should not have to verify the certificate more than twice.

  5. You should now be connected to the IU Secure SSID; if you are prompted for your credentials again, enter your IU Network ID.

  6. From the AirPort menu, select Open Network Preferences....

  7. Click Advanced..., and click the 802.1X tab in the resulting window.

  8. In the left column, User Profiles, click WPA: IU Secure.

  9. In the list next to "Authentication:", only PEAP should be checked. Uncheck all other boxes.