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 10.4 („Tiger“)

Note: Currently this guide only contains screenshots for the German version of Tiger, English ones will be added as soon as possible.
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 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 Keychain will be launched and the follwing window will appear:

Click OK, and a window asking you to enter a assword appears:

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

Setting up network access

Activate Airport and select the network MI. After a few seconds the following dialogue window appears:

Leave all fields unchanged (i.e. leave User name and and Password empty) and click OK. 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.