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Wireless Networks

Wireless networks are identified by their Service set identifier or SSID.

We currently support 3 SSID's:

  • UTORwin. See details below.
  • eduroam. Information here
  • UofT. New SSID. Details on the Information Common Web Site.
We very much encourage the use of the new SSID UofT. For those who have been using eduroam SSID, this should be a simple change.

Certificates for UofT SSID

Normally should not be be needed but see here.

WEP KEY for UTORwin

The SSID for UTORcwn is UTORwin and the WEP key is UToronto1home. The Hexadecimal version is here if needed.

Logging On

You must be authenticated before you can use the Wireless. Normally the wireless system will redirect you to the login page,but this URL should always work:http://login.wireless.utoronto.ca.

Notes on Logout/Timeout

The wireless has a logout command that can be accessed as: http://logout.wireless.utoronto.ca.

Normally your session will be timeout after 20 minutes, but if you wish to explicitly logout, use this command. Use of this command is optional.

Use DHCP

For Windows laptops, this means that under Network setting you must configure: Obtain an IP address automatically.

Rules regarding wireless usage

Usage of UTORcwn is subject to all existing policies for the appropriate use of information technology. See Network security Policy.

Endpoint Security Policy system

ESP has been installed for the wireless. More details are here.

Check your usage

You can login at connect.utoronto.ca and check your wireless usage.

Additional notes on Windows XP and Windows 2000

With Windows XP, use the default of OPEN under Network Authentication.

With Windows 2000, use the default and leave Shared key authentication as Unchecked.

These default setting are needed to maintain compatability with all Access Points installed.

Guest Access to UTORcwn

There are 2 options to allow visitors to University of Toronto to access the Wireless:

  1. Guest UTORid.

    If you are faculty or staff member, you can create a Guest UTORid that is good for 5 days. This UTORid has access to the wireless. These UTORid's are of the form QQnnnnnn.

    You can create them here.

  2. Special User ID for Conference.

    We can create a special user id for conference. This option has an administrative charge. For details, please email UTORcwn.

Last Updated May 4,2012