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Commonwealth University provides aan 802.11a/g/n/acac/ax wireless network deployed across academic and administrative areas of the Mansfield campus. This network is accessible to all faculty, staff, students, and guests.

Accessing the Wireless Network

Two

CU wireless networks are available for your use, "Mounties Mobile" and "Mounties Mobile Guest".

Mounties MobileOnline

This is the preferred wireless network for faculty, staff, and students, and will provide capable clients with encryption to protect your data from eavesdropping. IfTo youconnect, dosimply notselect seethe it"CU listed as an availableOnline" network or receive an error message stating that it is unsupported,on your devicedevice. isn't capable of using the advanced encryption it offers.

If you are prompted for network settings while connecting, here's what you need to know:

log
    in,
  • Securityuse type: WPA2 Enterprise
  • Encryption type: AES
  • Mode: Automatic
  • EAP method: PEAP
  • Phase 2 authentication: MSCHAPv2
  • Trusted root certificate authority: AAA Certificate Services
  • Server name: radius226.mansfield.edu
  • CA certificate: Use system certificates
  • Domain: mansfield.edu
  • Username or Identity: Youryour full CU account username,username such as (flast@commonwealthu.edu, abc12345@huskies.bloomu.edu, abc1234@lockhaven.edu, or lastfm12@mansfield.edu
    • abc12345@commonwealthu.edu).

  • Anonymous identity: (leave blank)
  • Password: Your
    CU account password
Mounties Mobile GuestManaged

ThisAll network should be used by guests and anyUniversity-managed devices unableare automatically configured to support encryption. It does not require any special configuration. You will have slightly limited bandwidth while connectedconnect to this wireless network.
 It should not be necessary to reconfigure these devices, and doing so may cause problems.

The "CU Managed" network will not work on personal devices.

Requirements

  • WiFi (802.11a/g/n/ac)ac/ax) capable device (laptop, tablet, or smartphone)
  • An active Faculty/Staff/Student university account or guest account
  • WPA-2 Enterprise security protocol support and PEAP authentication protocol support (secure network only)

Performance

To ensure the best possible performance of official university services, personal wireless access points and wireless routers are not permitted. If network personnel determine that a rogue wireless device is the source of interference, it will be disabled and removed from the university network.

WiFi is a shared service and can be affected by many factors, such as:

  • Activity from other people on the same access point
  • Interference from other devices (such as wireless speakers, wireless game controllers, and devices using bluetooth)
  • Personal WiFi access points or routers

Your device's connection speed also depends on the WiFi technology it supports. Devices supporting the latest 802.11acWi-Fi 6 standard will achieve the fastest speeds. Older WiFi devices not capable of supporting 802.11acWi-Fi 6 will work, but at a reduced speed.

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