Recommended Wireless Cards

Apple

• Airport card
• Airport Extreme card for newer systems

PC

• Cisco Aironet 350, Aironet 802.11 a/b/g
• Proxim Orinoco Silver or Gold card

The general recommendation for any wireless card you purchase is to get a hold of a 802.11b/g 100mW (milli-watt) card. 802.11b/g is the type of wireless BGSU provides. The 100mW refers to how much power is coming from your card.

Configuration

To access BGSU's Wireless Network you need to set your SSID to "bgsu". Make sure it is in all lower case and without quotes, also make sure WEP encryption is off. For further help see the  Windows XP, Vista,  OS X,  OS 9 wireless clients setup guides.

Once you are connected to the BGSU Wireless Network, open a web browser. You will automatically be sent to the BGSU Wireless Authentication page. Type in you BGSU user name and password ( same as your email) to authenticate and begin using the BGSU Wireless Network. Once authenticated, your system can continue using the wireless network for up to 12 hours. If your system goes to sleep or disconnects from the wireless network for more then 10 minutes you will be forced to re-authenticate.