Connecting to Wifi in the BNSN and NICB

There are currently two main wireless networks available across campus depending on your location:

Eduroam 

The Office of Information Technology encourages students, faculty and staff to use the Eduroam network wherever it’s available. Eduroam provides the highest possible level of wireless network encryption and gives users the ability to use the eduroam networks at other participating universities. Eduroam may be used by any current faculty, staff member, or student. To search for participating schools, go to https://cat.eduroam.org/.

BYU-WiFi

BYU-WiFi is intended for guests and devices that are unable to connect to Eduroam. Guest users will only have access to public-facing BYU websites through the internet. Devices that do not have web browsers should use BYU-WiFi. These include (but are not limited to) Apple TVs, Chromecasts, and WiFi printers, which can join the network with no additional registration or configuration needed. Even though they are connected to BYU-WiFi, these devices are accessible to computers connected to Eduroam.  University business should not be conducted over this unencrypted network and we do not support issues with connectivity to it as you should be using Eduroam.  If you need to connect to this network for some reason and need assistance you can refer to this article from OIT: https://it.byu.edu/it?id=kb_article&sys_id=bfe2361d1b8cb990792e635b234bcbf7#wifi or contact OIT at 2-4000.

Connecting to Eduroam for Windows

The following is detailed instructions for manually connecting to Eduroam from a Windows based system.

1. Click on the wireless icon in your system tray in the lower right corner of your desktop
   
   
   • Users of older versions of Windows can choose Start > Connect To: > Show all connections
     
     
2. Select the desired network, eduroam. Your computer will prompt you for a username and password.
   
   
3. Username needs to be formatted as "netid@byu.edu."   
   
   
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4. Your password will be your BYU password, the same one you use for all BYU websites.
   
   
5. Click "Connect" on the dialogue box that asks if you want to continue connecting.
   
                                                                                                                             
   
   
6. At this point, you should be connected to Eduroam and should be able to use it without issue.