Atheros Utilities

From The University of Akron Support Center Wiki

Atheros cards can be set up for the network granted that they have the Atheros client utility installed. The configuration is quite complicated and we highly recommend you take any machine that needs Atheros setup to Bierce Library Room 52c, the Support Desk in the Exchange St. Dorm, the Support Desk in the Polsky Building, or the Lincoln building. Atheros connection on Windows 2000 or XP Home [separator] Connecting to CC [separator] Wireless [separator] Atheros connection on Windows 2000 or XP

The University of Akron supports wireless networking based upon the IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN standard using Cisco access points running encryption and LEAP Authentication. In order to connect your PC to the CC wireless network, tsunami, it must meet the following minimum standards:

   * PII 400MHz Processor
   * 64MB Ram
   * Windows 2000 or XP

Windows XP & 2000 users should make sure that they are logged onto their computer using an account that has administrator rights.

WIRELESS NETWORK CONFIGURATION

Once the driver is downloaded, double click the file to begin the installation. Accept all the defaults, and after the driver has been installed, follow these steps to configure the card to access our wireless network:

1. Click on the “Start” menu, select “All Programs”, then “Atheros”, then “Atheros Client Utility”:

2. Select “Use Atheros Client Utility to configure my wireless network settings” and then click “OK”:

3. When the Atheros Client Utility opens, click the “Profile Management” tab:

4. Select the “Default” profile and click “Modify”:

5. Name the profile “UANET”, and enter “tsunami” in “SSID1″. Then, click the “Security” tab:

6. Select “802.1x”, and then “LEAP” under “802.1x EAP Type”, then click “Configure”:

7. Enter your username (UANETID) and password (it will ask you to type your password twice to confirm it), leave the domain field blank.

8. Click OK.