Configuring wireless AP with 802.11x security authentication enabled network

I assume that they gave you the network keys for their 802.11x network. Are you certain that this is all they did? Did the add MAC address control? If so they will have your computer's MAC address in their list of approved MAC addresses You will need to clone your MAC address on the router. The manual will tell you which router set up screen has the cloning control.

 

Bugwart has a good point. In case you are unfamiliar with the terms here - every Ethernet device in the world has a unique hardware address, called a MAC address (Media Access Control, nothing to do with Macintosh computers). On Windows you can see the MAC addresses of any Ethernet ports you have by bringing up a console window and typing: ipconfig /all

The MAC address will be a twelve digit hexadecimal number (Example: 1AB4C234AB1F). As Bugwart is saying, many routers can pretend they are another physical device by using the other device's MAC address instead of their own. This is very useful if your campus or ISP only allows you to have one approved device connected to the network.

Let us know if this helps.


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