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Macintosh OS 10.4 - How to Connect to Athens Wireless
Athens is most recent wireless network at CUMC, currently available at specific locations.
Connecting to Athens on a Macintosh does not require that you install any additional software.
Due to encryption protocols, systems running OS versions older than 10.4 (Tiger) will not be able to connect.
Instructions for connecting to Athens on OS 10.5 (Leopard) can be found found here.
Macintosh OS 10.4 (Tiger)
Select the Network Icon from your Mac's System Preferences.
Select the airport or other wireless network card from the Show drop down menu, then
select New Location from the Location drop down menu:
Type "athens" (without the quotation marks) as the new location name
Make sure that AirPort is still listed in the Show drop down menu, and select Preferred
Networks in the "By default, join" drop down menu.
Click on the + button below the white field to add Athens to the Preferred Networks and
configure other options for it.
In the window that appears, select or type in athens for the Network
Name field
Select WPA Enterprise for Wireless Security, and TTLS - PAP for 802.1x Configuration. Click
OK.
Select Apply Now in the lower right hand corner of the Network Window to save the
settings for Athens.
When your Mac's wireless card detects the Athens network, it will
prompt you for a User name and Password. Use your Columbia UNI and
its password to connect. You may see a Verify Certificate window after
logging in, if so select Continue.
To change between wireless networks, select the Mac's wireless
icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen and select the
network you'd like to use.
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