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This document describes how to connect to the wireless network CCIS-XNet at the Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science using WPA2 Enterprise on a Windows Vista machine.

Contributed by Alexandra Schieren (2009).

Configuration Steps

These steps describe how to configure your wireless connection in Vista to connect to CCIS-XNet. Please note that this only has to be done once and your credentials will be stored for future connections.

1.	Go to the control panel then navigate to Network and Sharing Center.
2.	Click Manage Wireless Networks from the menu on the left-hand side.
3.	Click Add. Click Manually create a network profile.
	Set the following options: • Name: CCIS-XNet • Security type: WPA2-Enterprise • Encryption type: AES • Click [Next].
4.	Click on Change connection settings. • Toggle Connect automatically when this network is in range if you'd like to auto-reconnect. • Click on the Security tab Set the following options: • Security type: WPA2-Enterprise • Encryption type: AES • Choose a network authentication method: Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP) • Cache user information for subsequent connections to this network: Checked (Stores password) Unchecked (doesn't store) Click the Settings button and set the following options: • Validate server certificate: Unchecked • Select Authentication Method: Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) • Enable fast Reconnect: Unchecked • Click the Configure button and uncheck Automatically use my Windows logon name and password. • Click [OK] for everything to exit all settings windows.
5.	To connect to the network double click on CCIS-XNet after clicking Connect to a network in your network connections: • You will then be prompted to enter in your login information. Click Enter/select additional log on information. Enter the following information: • User name: <Your CCIS Username> • Password: <Your CCIS Password> • Logon domain: CCIS-WINDOWS • Click [OK].
6.	You can alternatively click on the taskbar message presented if you checked off connect to this network automatically when in range in a previous step:

You should now be connected to CCIS-XNet. If you have any issues connecting, please re-check that you followed all of the steps provided here. You should also make sure that you can log into a Windows machine here at the college with your CCIS account as that is what is used for wireless authentication.

If you are still having issues with the configuration steps presented in this document that can not be resolved using other means, please send mail to systems@ccs.neu.edu with as much information as possible about your problem. We will do what we can to help you resolve the problem, but please note: CCIS Systems does not have the resources to support non-CCIS machines, so we may have to refer you to other forms of support.