{"id":257,"date":"2024-05-14T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2024-05-14T16:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T21:50:57","slug":"wguest-wifi-access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wguest-wifi-access\/","title":{"rendered":"WGuest WiFi Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The WGuest Wireless Network allows campus guests and visitors access to the wireless network. To use it, guests simply select WGuest network from a wireless device (laptop, tablet, or phone) and enter the WGuest Wireless Network password provided to them by their faculty\/staff sponsor. WGuest access can be sponsored directly by any University faculty or staff member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Do I Connect to the WGuest WiFi Network?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest and visitors should first request the WGuest \u201cPassword of the Day\u201d from a Faculty\/Staff sponsor.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>The WGuest WiFi Network uses a Pre-Shared Key password that is accessible to all Faculty\/Staff users via the WConnect Portal. The WGuest password is subject to change periodically.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong>\u202fEquip your laptop for wireless networking and WiFi Network authentication:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Your laptop or other device will need an 802.11g\/n-compatible wireless Ethernet adapter (also called WiFi compliant) and use PSK WPA2 authentication. Most laptops, tablets, and smartphones are able to connect using this authentication method!\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The SSID for guest wireless access is \u201c<strong>WGuest<\/strong>\u201c\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong>\u202fConnect to the WiFi Network:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Move your computer into a wireless coverage area.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong>\u202fLog in to the\u202f<strong>WGuest<\/strong>\u202fWiFi Network:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Go to your network settings on your mobile device and select the\u202f<strong>WGuest<\/strong>\u202fWiFi network. Most smartphones and non-Windows based tablets\/laptops (ex: iPhones, iPads, Mac computers &amp; Androids) should be able to seamlessly connect to the\u202f<strong>WGuest<\/strong>\u202fWiFi network.\u00a0<br>\u202f\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Enter password you obtained from your Faculty\/Staff sponsor.\u00a0<br>\u202f\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Click Login.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you still need help connecting, please contact the Help Desk at 329-7282, or send e-mail to\u202f<a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@muw.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">helpdesk@muw.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WGuest Wireless Network allows campus guests and visitors access to the wireless network. To use it, guests simply select WGuest network from a wireless device (laptop, tablet, or phone) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}