WIRELESS CONNECTION - MAC

How do I connect my Mac to Uni wireless?

1. Setup Connection

Turn the Wifi wireless card on, if not already enabled

Go to Wi-Fi menu at top right of your screen

Select Turn Wif-Fi on

Select Open Network Preferences from the Wi-Fi menu.

The Network dialog opens.

If you have not created any locations already, the location will be set to Automatic.

Select Edit Locations from the dropdown Location menu at the top of the Network dialog. Click on
the + button.

Name your new Untitled location: University of Aberdeen wireless.

Click Done to return to the Network dialog box.

Ensure the Location is now set to University of Aberdeen wireless.

Click on Apply.

Quit the Network dialog.

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2. Authentication

Go to the Wi-Fi menu at the top right of your screen

and select eduroam from the list of available networks.

A window will pop up requesting your credentials.

Enter the following information:

User Name: your username in the format

username@abdn.ac.uk (e.g. abc123@abdn.ac.uk).

Password: enter your University password.

Ensure that the Remember this network

checkbox is ticked.

Click Join.

3. Verification

The first time that you connect, you may be

presented with the Verify Certificate dialog. If so
click on the Show Certificate button.

Tick the Always trust radius.abdn.ac.uk

checkbox, and click Continue.

You may be prompted to enter your Mac password

to confirm this action. You should not need to
perform this step again.

Now when you click the Wi-Fi menu eduroam will be

ticked indicating that you are connected to eduroam.

Further information and help

In certain circumstances, you may need to configure your browser to use the Universitys proxy settings
when you are off campus, see www.abdn.ac.uk/proxy for guidance.
More information is available online at www.abdn.ac.uk/wireless