Accessing the WU Wireless Network
Laptop computer owners can have wireless (Wi-Fi) access to the Internet at the many "wireless hot spots" on the Washington University campus. First, you must have a Washington University E-mail account and a laptop computer. Switch your computer on.
The next step is to make sure 1) that you are in a campus "hot spot" that receives wireless service and 2) your laptop has installed in it a 802.11b wireless network card. Newer laptops have this card already built in. If your laptop is older and doesn't have this card, the wireless network is not available.
Wireless access is available at these Hilltop campus locations ("hot spots"):
Holmes Lounge
Bowles Plaza
Mallinckrodt Dining Area
Olin Library, All levels
Most classrooms
January Hall's East Asian Library
Arts & Sciences Computing Center
Lab Sciences Building
School of Engineering
McMillan Hall - 2nd floor AFAS area
McMillan Hall 149
Biology Library
South Brookings
Eads Hall
Social Work Library
Gaylord Music Library
Ursa's Cafe & Patio
Friedman Lounge
South 40 Swamp
Simon Hall
Bixby Hall
McMillan Hall - West hallways
Compton/Crow - Physics Library
McMillen Laboratory
3) In Windows, launch the Internet Explorer browser (also known as the "I.E." or "blue E" browser). YOU MUST USE THIS BROWSER TO OPEN YOUR WIRELESS CONNECTION EVERY TIME you connect.
4) You will be automatically directed to a Log-in page. Log in like this:
ID: youremailname@artsci
Password: Your Washington University E-mail password.
EXAMPLE: My WU E-mail name is jdoe@wustl.edu, so to log in to the wireless network I would type in:
jdoe@artsci
and then type in my Wash. U. E-mail password. (If you have forgotten your password, you cannot access the wireless connection until you have it.)
Now you can access your WU E-mail account and browse the Web. You will not be able to use Netscape Messenger, Outlook, FTP, or Telnet because this wireless connection is not secure.
HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LOG-IN? NOTICE: your wireless log-in ID name IS *NOT* YOUR WHOLE W.U. E-MAIL ADDRESS, it is ONLY the part of the address that comes BEFORE the symbol "@" ("at"). And after that, all you need to type in is "artsci". Please do not add "wustl.edu" -- it will not work. The reason you type "artsci" is that University College students access the WU wireless system through the "Artsci" (Arts and Sciences) Computing system.
Now you should be connected. You may now close the Internet Explorer (IE) browser and use other browsers to view the Net, if you like, but you must use IE every time you open a connection to the wireless network.
Except for your Wash. U. E-mail account, this wireless network is NOT SECURE, and information such as IDs, passwords, and credit card numbers can be intercepted. Because of that, you will not be able to use Netscape Messenger, Outlook, FTP, or Telnet. **Log-ins to your other E-mail accounts, or other sensitive accounts such as your bank account, ARE NOT SECURE, AND INFORMATION CAN BE INTERCEPTED. If you need a secure wireless connection while on campus, you can set up access to the network called WUFI-S. Read about your choice between Secure vs. Unsecure Network here. Links from this page lead to the instructions for accessing the secure network with both Windows XP and Mac OSX. The process to set up WUFI-S is not difficult and you do it only once, but going through the setup steps will take approximately 20 minutes.
Have no laptop? Get on the Net at the many standard PC computers that can be found at Olin Library, or at the Arts & Sciences Computing Lab on the lower level of Eads Hall. The Arts & Sciences Computing Lab has 60 computers and is open until 12 midnight Mondays through Thursdays. To use the lab, you must show your Washington University ID card.
The next step is to make sure 1) that you are in a campus "hot spot" that receives wireless service and 2) your laptop has installed in it a 802.11b wireless network card. Newer laptops have this card already built in. If your laptop is older and doesn't have this card, the wireless network is not available.
Wireless access is available at these Hilltop campus locations ("hot spots"):
Holmes Lounge
Bowles Plaza
Mallinckrodt Dining Area
Olin Library, All levels
Most classrooms
January Hall's East Asian Library
Arts & Sciences Computing Center
Lab Sciences Building
School of Engineering
McMillan Hall - 2nd floor AFAS area
McMillan Hall 149
Biology Library
South Brookings
Eads Hall
Social Work Library
Gaylord Music Library
Ursa's Cafe & Patio
Friedman Lounge
South 40 Swamp
Simon Hall
Bixby Hall
McMillan Hall - West hallways
Compton/Crow - Physics Library
McMillen Laboratory
3) In Windows, launch the Internet Explorer browser (also known as the "I.E." or "blue E" browser). YOU MUST USE THIS BROWSER TO OPEN YOUR WIRELESS CONNECTION EVERY TIME you connect.
4) You will be automatically directed to a Log-in page. Log in like this:
ID: youremailname@artsci
Password: Your Washington University E-mail password.
EXAMPLE: My WU E-mail name is jdoe@wustl.edu, so to log in to the wireless network I would type in:
jdoe@artsci
and then type in my Wash. U. E-mail password. (If you have forgotten your password, you cannot access the wireless connection until you have it.)
Now you can access your WU E-mail account and browse the Web. You will not be able to use Netscape Messenger, Outlook, FTP, or Telnet because this wireless connection is not secure.
HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LOG-IN? NOTICE: your wireless log-in ID name IS *NOT* YOUR WHOLE W.U. E-MAIL ADDRESS, it is ONLY the part of the address that comes BEFORE the symbol "@" ("at"). And after that, all you need to type in is "artsci". Please do not add "wustl.edu" -- it will not work. The reason you type "artsci" is that University College students access the WU wireless system through the "Artsci" (Arts and Sciences) Computing system.
Now you should be connected. You may now close the Internet Explorer (IE) browser and use other browsers to view the Net, if you like, but you must use IE every time you open a connection to the wireless network.
Except for your Wash. U. E-mail account, this wireless network is NOT SECURE, and information such as IDs, passwords, and credit card numbers can be intercepted. Because of that, you will not be able to use Netscape Messenger, Outlook, FTP, or Telnet. **Log-ins to your other E-mail accounts, or other sensitive accounts such as your bank account, ARE NOT SECURE, AND INFORMATION CAN BE INTERCEPTED. If you need a secure wireless connection while on campus, you can set up access to the network called WUFI-S. Read about your choice between Secure vs. Unsecure Network here. Links from this page lead to the instructions for accessing the secure network with both Windows XP and Mac OSX. The process to set up WUFI-S is not difficult and you do it only once, but going through the setup steps will take approximately 20 minutes.
Have no laptop? Get on the Net at the many standard PC computers that can be found at Olin Library, or at the Arts & Sciences Computing Lab on the lower level of Eads Hall. The Arts & Sciences Computing Lab has 60 computers and is open until 12 midnight Mondays through Thursdays. To use the lab, you must show your Washington University ID card.
