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A: newschoolnet. You will see newschoolnet listed when you view wireless networks on your laptop.
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A: When you launch your browser and try to go to the Internet, your browser will redirect you to a page that will instruct you to login. Windows users only: you use this browser login window at first use only and are prompted to install the Clean Access Agent. After that, you must use the Clean Access Agent to login.
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A: Prior to login, wireless hot spots were entirely open -- to the university community and the general public alike -- posing security and virus risks and taking up your bandwidth, too.
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A: No. Non-degree students do not have access to Wireless. (Alumni, use your "Alumni Email" username and password.)
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A: All locations support both 11 and 54 megabytes per second (Mbps), based on the IEEE 802.11b and g wireless standard, and many locacations also support the 802.11a standard at 54 Mbps.
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A: You will stay connected as you go from one access point directly into the range of another. However, if your connection is lost, it will resume when you re-enter a campus wireless hotspot.
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A: Based on on campus tests, all browsers in all operating systems work. Tested browsers include Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, and Safari. If you use a Mac, Firefox and Opera seem slightly smoother. When using Internet Explorer on a Mac, the security certificate appears to install okay, but you are prompted for it at every login regardless. In Netscape and Safari on a Mac, you get an error message that the "certificate is not valid", but it actually installs and works fine.
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A: Are you running special Internet Security software on your laptop? If so, turn it off using the icon in your system tray (lower-right corner of desktop). Try that. This seems to be a common solution, especially with Norton's Internet Security, which prevents the login.
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A: Clear the cache and history in your Web browser and try again. If that doesn't work, try this: First, go to System Preferences > Network. Select "Airport". Click on the TCP/IP tab. Then "Renew DHCP".
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Are you running iTunes with "music sharing" turned on? If so, turn it off. A network scanner sees frequent bursts of data traffic caused by a service such as iTunes music sharing as a potential virus threat and quarantines you temporarily. You will continue to be quarantined temporarily you stop the data "broadcast".
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A: You must use the Clean Access Agent software. You install Clean Access only once, on your first login, and only if you have the Windows operating system. The software runs in your system tray (lower-right corner of desktop). You'll see the blue-green icon. Login, and logout, using its menu and the popup Window that appears.
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A: Macs use a Web browser and login through the newschoolnet Web login page - every time.
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A: Other Operating Systems, including Linux, Unix and Palm OS, gain access through the browser, like a Mac.
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A: No. There are no checks for operating systems other than Windows. The Windows OS is most susceptible to Viruses, Spyware, and other risks.
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A: Newschoolnet checks for a current release of Symantec, McAfee, Trend-Micro, or AVG AntiVirus software and current virus definitions. If the Clean Access client does not validate you as “clean”, you will be denied access to the network. Your computer will be quarantined until it meets the minimum security standards.
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A: Not at this time.
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A: No.
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A: No.
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Last updated
03/23/2009
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