Wi-Fi

Fairmont State University provides wireless network services for University students, faculty, staff, and guests.

Available Networks:

• Students: A secure Wi-Fi to be used by students.
• Res_Hall: A secure Wi-Fi to be used by students in Residence Halls.
• Staff: A secure Wi-Fi to be used by staff and faculty. 
• Guest: An open Wi-Fi network for guests and visitors.

Connecting to Student Network

1. Choose Student from your device’s wireless options.
2. Enter in your UCA (Username):
   • Apple & Windows Devices: username@students and password.
   • Android & ChromeOS: students\username and password.
     • ​Under Advanced settings enter:
       • ​EAP Method: PEAP
       • Phase 2 authentication: MSCHAPV2
       • Certificate: select "Do not check" or "Don't validate"

Connecting to Staff Network

1. Choose Staff from your device’s wireless options.
2. Enter your UCA username and UCA password.
   • Example: Username: jdoe Password: UCA Password

Connecting to Residence Hall Network

Student Housing offers students a personalized private wireless network. This enables the use of Gaming Consoles, Streaming Devices, and most other smart devices in the Residence Halls.

Onboarding and Connecting for Res_Hall Network:

1.  Connect to the “Student_Onboarding” wireless network.
2. At the ExtremeCloud IQ Secure Internet Portal, log in with your Fairmont State UCA and Password.
   • Example students\jdoe
3. A Pre-shared Key (password) for Res_Hall will be assigned.
   • Note: Write down or take note of your pre-shared key.
4. Close this wireless connection
5. Connect to the “Res_Hall” wireless network.
6. Enter the Pre-shared key (password) from step 2.  A username is not required.
   • Note: Forget the “Student_Onboarding” network to keep from connecting to it in the future.

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all devices you desire to connect.

Connecting Gaming Systems to Res_Hall 

1. Follow the steps listed in "Connecting to Residence Hall Network" above.
2. Ensure the gaming system is plugged into the networking port, and leave it plugged in until a connection is made. 
    

Connecting to Guest Network 

1. Choose Guest from your device’s wireless options.
2. Open a new browser window (try Internet Explorer or Google Chrome) and enter a valid email address in the Email field on the authentication page.

Connecting Devices:

Connecting to Campus Networks with Windows

Connecting to Campus Networks with a Mac, iPad, or iPhone

Connecting to Campus Networks with Android or Chromebook