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Mac Computer Connect to Network (for students)

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Connect

  1. Ensure you are updated to at least macOS 10.14.
  2. Navigate to your WiFi settings and connect to the eduroam wireless network.
  3. Sign in to eduroam using your full email address and password. Click “Continue” at the Verify Certificate prompt.
eduroam Login Prompt
Enter your full email address and password
  1. Open Safari (do not use a different browser). You may be directly connected, otherwise visit onboard.wooster.edu.
  2. You will be prompted with 3 choices. Select the first one: “I am a member of the college community (student, faculty, staff, alumnus, or trustee) and would like to connect to the Internet.”
Wireless sign-in selections
Select the first option.
  1. At the next screen, enter your Wooster credentials and click Log In.  Your username is everything before the “@wooster.edu” in your email address. For example, the email address jstudent28@wooster.edu, the username would be jstudent28.
The ClearPass login screen
Enter your username and password.
  1. At the next Register Your Device screen, select Install Certificate. You may need to click “Allow” when prompted to allow a download.
The install certificate screen
After you login with your Wooster credentials, you will be prompted to Install a Certificate. Click Install Certificate.
  1. On the next page, select Install Profile. This will download a second file that you may run.
    If the certificate does not automatically install when clicking this download, skip to the section titled “If the certificate does not automatically install” after step 10
The install profile screen
Click on “Install Profile”
  1. Click the certificate in your downloads folder and add it to your Keychain. Be sure to add it to the login Keychain.
Certificate keychain prompt
Change the Keychain to “login” and click “Add”
  1. With the certificate installed, return to Safari. The ClearPass webpage should now have a green check mark, demonstrating a successful installation. You may now exit Safari and close any other windows except WiFi settings.

If the certificate does not automatically install, follow these steps:

  • Open Settings and go to Privacy and Security.
  • Scroll to the bottom and select Profiles.
  • Double click the Device Enrollment certificate, then click Install in the bottom left corner.
  • Confirm the installation by clicking Install again.
  • Enter your password to complete the installation.

Forget eduroam

You may need to manually connect to The College of Wooster network. Forget the eduroam network so that your Mac stays connected to The College of Wooster network. 

Click the three dots and choose “Forget This Network”
  1. Open System Settings (under the apple menu).
  2. In the left frame, select Wi-Fi. In the main frame select The College of Wooster.
  3. A green dot with “Connected” should display for The College of Wooster network.
  4. To the right of the eduroam network, select the 3 dots and choose Forget This Network from the menu. In the pop-up, select Remove.

Older Mac OS

  1. Open System Settings (under the apple menu).
  2. In the left frame, select Wi-Fi. In the main frame select The College of Wooster.
  3. Then select the Advanced button to access more settings.
  4. In the Advanced settings in the Wi-Fi tab, select the eduroam network and then click the minus sign to remove it from your list of Preferred Networks.
  5. Then highlight The College of Wooster and use the arrows to move it to the top of the list and click OK. This will ensure that you will automatically connect to the network when you are on campus.
  6. Then click Apply in the Network settings and make sure that your computer is connected to The College of Wooster network.
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