Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn

Access to the Institute for Mathematic's wireless network (WLAN) with Microsoft Windows Vista

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 cert.p12 file you were sent, either directly in your mail program or wherever you saved it. The Certificate Import Wizard will be launched:

Click Next

Leave the file name unchanged and click Next
In the next window you will be aske for a password. Unless you were told differently, enter WLAN
and click Next. Another window in which you will be asked where to store the certificate will open:

Keep the default setting and click Next

Click Finish and confirm the following OK dialogue.

Setting up network access

In order to set up network access, proceed as follows: Open the Control Panel

and select „Network and Internet“

and in this new window select „Network and Sharing Center“

Select „Manage wireless networkds“ from the list on the left

Click „Add“

and select the middle option „Manually create a network profile“.
Enter „MI“ as network name and select the security type „WPA2-Enterprise“. The encryption type has already been correctly set to „AES“ by default. The field „Security Key/Passphrase“ is left empty:

Click „Next“

and select „Change connection settings“ and then „Security“ in the next window:

Under „Choose a network authentification method“ select „Microsoft: Smart Card or other certfificate“.
Click on „Settings“ and uncheck the box next to „Validate server certificate“:

Click „OK“ in this and the window under it until you are back to the „Manually connect to a wireless network“ window. Now select the upper option „Connect to…“. Should the connection not be established automatically, select the network MI and click Connect. For a few seconds the following message should appear:

If everything is working correctly, the status next to the network name „MI“ in the following window

should read „Connected“.