Buffalo Public Schools: E-rate Year-9
                     “HOW TO”
                 Join the BPS Wireless Network
                    PC XP-Pro Specific



AD Requirements:

With a BPS Intel based laptop. The laptop should be part of the Active Directory.
  • The Laptop should be in the AD Container = Mobile Computers
     o This is located under the School Organizational Unit:




The User should be a member of:
AD User Group = “Staff”  this is created and placed here when the user is initially setup by IT .

Procedure:

  1. The laptop should be hard-wired (Ethernet) into the network.
  2. Reboot, Login as the user.
  3. Enable the wireless access on the laptop,
   • A Group Policy from Active Directory should down load and configure the BPS Domain
     Certificate and services for you.


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                Buffalo Public Schools: E-rate Year-9
                     “HOW TO”
                 Join the BPS Wireless Network
                    PC XP-Pro Specific



** Once the certificate is on the laptop, the laptop can then use the BPS Wireless Network.
To view the Certificate:
    • Start / Control Panel / Internet Properties – Content Tab
    • Click on Certificates: Look for: “BPSCERT”




  4. Reboot and login as user,
  5. Verify wireless connection.
     a. Place mouse pointer over wireless icon on bottom right of screen




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                  Join the BPS Wireless Network
                     PC XP-Pro Specific



The following is the details behind what the wireless group policy does.

BPS SSID Settings / Add an SSID called BPS




If you don’t have the wireless “tab” as displayed above: (also see appendix A)

1. You need to go to control panel then click administrative tools the click services then find Wireless
  Zero Configuration the on the left hand side press start the service then it will work




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                  PC XP-Pro Specific




2.  Choose Authentication Type:
        Select WPA and TKIP




Click “OK”

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                    PC XP-Pro Specific



Click on Authentication Tab
Select 802.1 x authentication – insert check mark

Change EAP type to PEAP

CHECK Authenticate as computer when computer information is available




Click “OK”

Click on EAP type “Properties Button”



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                 Join the BPS Wireless Network
                    PC XP-Pro Specific




Uncheck Validate Server Cert




Click on EAP-MSCHAP V2 “Configure Button”




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                     “HOW TO”
                 Join the BPS Wireless Network
                    PC XP-Pro Specific




Confirm MS-CHAP and Connection settings.
Verify Automatically is Checked - It should be checked by default




CLICK “OK”

Lastly: Click on Connection Tab:
Check “Connect when this network is in range”




Click “OK”
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                      “HOW TO”
                   Join the BPS Wireless Network
                      PC XP-Pro Specific



Appendix A:
Windows Wireless Services
& Windows is not your primary wireless management utility:

If windows is not managing your wireless network
the properties box will look like:




You will notice the “WIRELESS NETWORKS” tab is missing!!

This is because another utility is managing the authentication, security, link state, overhead
Or the service is inactive:

If you don’t have the wireless “tab” as displayed above:

1)Verify the service is active:

3. You need to go to control panel then click administrative tools the click services then find Wireless
  Zero Configuration the on the left hand side press start the service then it will work




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2) Disable utilities managing the wireless connection:

This example is for DELL and the Dell Wireless Utility:




Right click
Open utility

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                     PC XP-Pro Specific




De-Select:   Let this tool manager your wireless networks


Windows will automatically take control of the wireless network management.

To verify this:
Start / control panel / network connections / wireless – properties….




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                  Join the BPS Wireless Network
                     PC XP-Pro Specific




Properties – (either right click and select properties or press ALT+ENTER)

The display box will look like this:




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