Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn

Access to the wireless network (WLAN) of the Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn with Apple OS X 10.5 („Leopard“)

In order to use the Mathematical Institute's wireless network and surf the web, you have to add your access certificate and set up the network access. For higher connection speeds, you can additionally configure the Proxy-settings in your webbrowser.

Adding the certificate

Double click on the file cert.p12 (either directly in your mail program or wherever you saved it), which you got via email. The program Kechain Access will be launched and the following window will appear:

Click OK and a window asking you to enter a password appears:

Enter the password given to you in the email or, if none was specified, enter WLAN and click OK.

Setting up network access

As soon as Airport is activated and you are within range of one of our WLAN access stations, the following window appears:

Select the network MI. Now new fields show up in the window:

Leave all fields unchanged (i.e. leave User Name and Password empty) and click Connect. After a few seconds the following message appears:

Select Always Allow. After a short while the network name MI will appear next to the Airport symbol in the menu bar and you are connected to our wireless network.