Research Instruction & Information Technology Group

Getting Connected at Penn State

Instructions to access Penn State wireless for for Windows 7, 8, & 10, and Mac OSX.

Instructions for Windows 7,8,10 using SecureW2--Setup

  1. Choose psuwirelesssetup from the available wireless networks
  2. Download the pertinent file from http://bit.ly/1Del7x
  3. Run the Penn State Wireless V2 installer
  4. Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control
  5. Click Setup
  6. Click OK to install in English, or select a language and click OK
  7. Click Next
  8. Read the SecureW2 License Agreement and click "I Agree"
  9. Select EAP-­‐TTLS and click Install
  10. You must reboot in order to connect to Penn State Wireless 0. Leave "Reboot now" selected and click Finish. Your machine will reboot

Instructions for Windows 7,8,10 using SecureW2--Connection

  1. To connect to the psu wireless network manually, right click on the Wireless Icon The icon to right-click to manually connect to the PSU wireless network. in the system tray and click "Connect to a Network.”
  2. Select psu from the network list and click Connect.

    Indicator to click on PSU to connect to PSU wireless.
  1. The SecureW2 Logon Dialog Window will appear. Enter your Penn State Access Account User-­‐ID and Password. Domain must be left blank. Click OK

    Login dialog window used to enter Penn State Access account user ID and password.

You're now connected to Penn State Wireless 2.0. You can now open a web browser and use the Penn State Wireless Service.

Setup Mac OSX

  1. Choose psuwirelesssetup from the available wireless networks
  2. Downloadthe pertinent file from http://bit.ly/1Del7x
  3. Double-­‐Click the downloaded file  

    Shows a user to click in the downloaded file.       
       
  4. Click Continue to install

    Follow prompt to continue the installation

  5. Enter your Access Account User-­‐ID and password

    Prompt to enter Access account user ID and password.

  1. Enter your machine’s local user ID & password

    Prompt to enter machine's local user ID & Password.

  1. The profile is now installed. Wireless for PSU is configured

    Prompt indicating successful configuration.
  1. To access the wireless, please connect to the psu network

    Dropdown to connect to PSU network.

You're now connected to Penn State Wireless 2.0. You can now open a web browser and use the Penn State Wireless Service.

Printable PDF available.