Overview
- What wireless networks are available at UR?
- How do I find the IP address for my computer?
- How do I find the MAC Address for my computer?
- How do I set up a wireless device to connect to the University of Richmond's Wireless Network (urwin)?
- What wireless network card can I use?
- Can a visitor to campus with their own computer get onto our wireless network?
- Why can't I bring my wireless access point from home and set it up on campus?
- Why shouldn't I set up ad-hoc wireless networking on my computer to talk to another computer?
- Are UR's wireless networks secure?
- Can I get to Banner over the wireless network?
Please see the overview of UR's wireless networks.
How do I find the IP address for my computer?
Here is a webpage that has instructions for how to find the wired and wireless IP addresses for both Windows and Mac computers.
Here are links to articles that have instructions for how to find the wired and wireless MAC addresses for both Windows and Mac computers:
Configure Computer/Devices for the University wireless network. Other operating systems may work on the wireless network if the wireless adapter manufacturer supplies 802.1x authentication with the software.
Any wireless network card should work as long as it supports 802.1x, WPA2 Enterprise and AES protocols. Some wireless cards may require a driver update in order to work correctly and these can usually be found on the manufacturer's web site.
Short-term visitors to the University of Richmond campus may connect their Wi-Fi enabled device to the VisitUR wireless network for access to the commodity Internet and the University's public facing websites: http://www.richmond.edu
The interiors of the buildings and many outside areas are covered by university owned and managed access points. Any personal access points added to the plan would create interference with the radio frequencies that have been configured to provide the best coverage possible. Any "rogue" access point found on the campus network will result in the network port it is connected to being turned off and the person(s) reported to the appropriate dean or manager.
Computers set up to use ad-hoc networking are still broadcasting on the same radio frequency as the managed wireless network and can cause interference. Communications between two or more computers should be accomplished over the campus network.
Wireless radio and network transmissions on the University's 'urwin' and 'eduroam' networks are encrypted using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), however the 'VisitUR' and 'Richmond' wireless networks are not encrypted.
Bannerweb and Bannerforms are both accessible over the urwin wireless network on campus.