New VCU Guest Wireless Is Coming Monday (3/12/12)
On March 12, 2012, VCU Technology Services will debut the new VCU Guest Wireless network. This wireless network is free to use for VCU campus visitors. The network supports MS Windows, Mac OS X, iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod touch), and Android devices including Kindle and Nook ebook readers. When trying to reach the Internet on your computer or mobile device for the first time from a VCU campus, look for the VCU Guest Wireless SSID in the list of networks presented. Select the VCU Guest Wireless network and a log-in page will present. Read the terms and conditions, accept them by entering your email address and you are logged in and ready to go.
As this is a free service, there is always caveats. This new wireless network requires you to follow the log-in process each time you attach to the network. It is also important to remember that this is unsecured connection. This service should not be used to send or receive sensitive information. The Internet outside of VCU and public facing VCU Web sites will be available to those who use this wireless network. Internal VCU resources such as network shares are not available on VCU Guest Wireless. For accessing secured VCU resources, VCU SafeNet is the appropriate service which requires a VCU eID and password.
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