How to Enable Windows 7 Wireless Wifi Connection Manually

This article explains how to manually set up your Windows 7 computer to use the uchicago-secure wireless network.

This article explains how to manually set up your Windows 7 computer to use the uchicago-secure wireless network.

1. Go to Start > Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet.
3. Click Network and Sharing Center.
4. Click Set up a new connection or network.
5. Select Manually connect to a wireless network, then click Next.
   
6. Enter or select the following, then click Next.
   1. Network name: uchicago-secure or eduroam
   2. Security type: WPA2-Enterprise
   3. Encryption type: AES
      
7. Click Next.
8. Click Change connection settings.
   
9. Click the Security tab.
10. Select Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP) for the Network Authentication Method.
11. Clear the Remember my credentials checkbox.
12. Click Settings.
    
13. In the Protected EAP Properties window:
    1. Select Validate Server Certificate.
    2. Clear the Connect to these Servers checkbox.
    3. Under Trusted Root Certification Authorities, select the following certificate authorities: AddTrust External CA Root, InCommon RSA Server CA, and USERTrust RSA Certification Authority checkboxes. No other boxes should be selected under Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
    4. Select Authentication Method: Secured Password (EAP-MSCHAP v2).
       
14. Click OK.
15. Click Configure .
16. Clear the Automatically use my Windows Logon name and password (and domain if any) checkbox, then click OK.
    
17. Click OK on all open Wireless Network Properties dialog boxes.
18. A notice requesting additional login information will appear in your system tray. Click Enter/select additional log on information.
    
19. Enter your CNet credentials:
    1. Type your CNetID into the User name field. For eduroam, you will need to enter CNetID.uchicago.edu.
    2. Type your CNet password in the Password field.
    3. Leave the Logon domain field blank.
    4. Click OK.
       
20. You must verify that the certificate is valid before you continue. Click the View Server Certificate button to show the details of the certificate.
21. If the Issued by and Valid from fields match the information below, click OK.
    Note: Issued by may contain the string AddTrust External CA Root or InCommon Server CA. Issued to may contain the string network-auth00, network-auth01, or radproxy01.
    
22. Click OK or Connect.
23. If the setup is successful, a window similar to the following will appear.
    

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