Windows Vista Wireless Configuration

JMU Wireless Network Configuration for Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is recommended for Windows Vista users as it fixes issues with connecting to wireless networks. Windows Vista users are highly encouraged to upgrade to a more recent release, such as Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Connecting for the first time By clicking once on the Wireless Network Connection icon on the right of the Task Bar, Windows will display what wireless network you are connected to, if any. To begin configuring your Windows Vista computer for the wireless network, click Connect to a network.

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From the Select a network to connect to window, click on JMU-OfficialWireless. JMU-Official-Wireless will become highlighted when it is selected. Afterward, click the Connect button below the list of networks.


You will receive a message asking for your logon credentials to connect to the wireless network. Click on Enter/select additional log on information bring up the login prompt. If your computer is joined to Active Directory you may not receive this message.

Enter your e-ID and password, then click OK. Be sure to leave the Logon domain empty. If your computer is joined to Active Directory you may not receive this prompt.


The Additional log on information is required to connect to this network will return since you will also need to accept the authentication server’s certificate. Click on Enter/select additional log on information to continue.


You will then be prompted to accept the authentication server’s certificate to initiate encryption. This keeps your e-ID and password safe. To accept the certificate, whose Root Certification Authority will be USERTrust RSA Certification Authority, click on OK.


Windows will now display Connecting to JMU-Official-Wireless while it connects to the network.

After successfully connecting to the wireless network, Windows will display the following message. Click the Close button in the bottom right to finish.


Reconnecting By clicking once on the Wireless Network Connection icon on the right of the Task Bar, Windows will display what wireless network you are connected to, if any. To reconnect to the wireless network, click Connect to a network.

From the Connect to a network window, click on JMU-Official-Wireless, which will highlight it, and then click the Connect button at the bottom.


Windows will now attempt to connect to the JMU-Official-Wireless network. If your computer is not joined to Active Directory, you will be asked to enter your logon credentials to connect to the wireless network. Click Enter/select additional log on information to bring up the login prompt.


Enter your e-ID and password, then click on OK. Be sure to leave Logon domain empty.

If your computer is joined to Active Directory, Windows will use the domain credentials you logged on with to join the JMU-Official-Wireless network. Windows will present a progress display while it attempts to connect to the wireless network.


It may take several seconds for your computer to acquire an IP address, during which time it may display the message Connecting to the network is taking longer than usual above the progress display. After Windows has successfully reconnected to the wireless network it will display Successfully connected to JMU-Official-Wireless. Click the Close button at the bottom to finish.


Troubleshooting If your Windows Vista computer cannot connect to the JMU-Official-Wireless network using the steps outlined above, follow these steps to manually configure settings for the wireless network. Begin by clicking once on the Wireless Network Connection icon on the right of the Task Bar, then click Network and Sharing Center.

In the Network and Sharing Center window, click on Manage wireless networks on the left.


In the new Manage wireless networks window, click on JMU-Official-Wireless. JMU-Official-Wireless will become highlighted when it is selected. You may skip this step if it is not listed.

Click the Remove button above the list of wireless networks. You may skip this step if you skipped the previous one.


Windows Vista will ask you to confirm that you wish to remove the wireless network. Click OK. You may skip this step if you skipped the previous one.

Now that JMU-Official-Wireless is no longer listed as known wireless network, or if it was not configured to begin with, click Add above the list of wireless networks.


The Manually connect to a wireless network window will be displayed. Click Manually create a network profile to continue.

You will then be prompted for information about the wireless network. Enter JMUOfficial-Wireless in the Network name field.


Then select WPA2-Enterprise from the Security type drop-down list.

After selecting WPA2-Enterprise from Security type, the Encryption type will automatically be set to AES. Click the Next button to continue.


Windows Vista will display Adding JMU-Official-Wireless... as it configures the wireless network connection.

After the wireless network as been successfully configured, click the Close button.


Windows Vista may prompt you for credentials to connect to the wireless network. Ignore this prompt for now.

From the Manage wireless networks window, double-click on JMU-OfficialWireless to display the network’s properties.


Click the Security tab at the top of the Wireless Network Properties window.


Even if you are not using Active Directory credentials to automatically connect to the wireless network, Windows Vista will still save the password you use to connect the first time. It is not recommended that users save this password and this function can be disabled by unchecking the box next to Cache user information for subsequent connections to the network. Click the Settings button next to Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP) to continue.


In the resulting Protected EAP Properties window, under Trusted Root Certification Authorities, scroll down to USERTrust RSA Certification Authority and check the box to the left of it. USERTrust RSA Certification Authority may not be present in the list if you have not yet tried to connect to the wireless network. Then click the Configure... button next to Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) to continue.


If your computer is NOT joined to Active Directory, uncheck the box next to Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any), then click on OK. If your computer IS joined to Active Directory and you want your computer to automatically sign in to the wireless network, leave the box checked and click on OK. If you are not sure if your computer is joined to Active Directory, uncheck the box and click on OK.


This will return you to the Protected EAP Properties window. Click on OK.


This will return you to the Wireless Network properties window. Click OK.

You may close the Manage wireless networks and Network and Sharing Center windows. Windows Vista will notify you that additional information is required to connect to JMU-Official-Wireless, click on the notification.


You will then be prompted for your username and password. Enter your e-ID and password, then click OK. Be sure to leave the Logon domain empty. If your computer is joined to Active Directory you may not receive this prompt.
