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Upgrading the AirRowdy Wireless Network

AirRowdy UTSA's Wireless Network

How Does This Affect Me?

UTSA Faculty and Staff Faculty and Staff

  • Beginning August 19, 2010, staff and faculty will connect to AirRowdy with the new "AirRowdy_Fac_Staff" SSID.

  • Staff and faculty will no longer need to use VPN on AirRowdy to connect securely to network resources.

  • This new connection will allow faculty and staff to connect using a very secure encrypted connection.

  • Find out how to configure your laptop.

  • Once faculty and staff have configured their laptops with the new SSID, they will no longer need to log in order to connect to AirRowdy.

UTSA Students Students

UTSA Students Guests of the University

  • Beginning August 19, 2010, guests of the University will connect to AirRowdy with a new SSID.  The SSID name is "AirRowdy_Guest."

  • Guests need only fill out a simple online login form in order to get access to the wireless network.

  • Guest wireless network access is limited only to Web-based applications.

    Most UTSA Internet services are not accessible to guest wireless network users, except for access to www.utsa.edu. (Note: Some links on utsa.edu may refer to other UTSA Web services that are not available via AirRowdy.)

Timeline

August 19, 2010

  • The new encrypted faculty/staff wireless network, the student wireless network, and the new streamlined guest process were launched.

December 31, 2010

  • "Old" AirRowdy_N network goes offline.

Changes That Will Affect the UTSA Community

Beginning August 19, 2010, UTSA faculty/staff, students and guests will be required to choose the appropriate SSID (wireless network). Faculty, staff and students will log in by entering their myUTSA ID (abc123) and password.

  • UTSA students are required to use the "AirRowdy_Student" SSID.
  • UTSA faculty and staff are required to use "AirRowdy_Fac_Staff" SSID.
  • Guests of the university are invited to use "AirRowdy_Guest" SSID (free of charge).

The current wireless network (AirRowdy_N) will only be available until December 31, 2010 at which point it will be taken offline in favor of the three new AirRowdy networks.

Please become familiar with your network configuration settings on your wireless device before attempting to connect to the UTSA wireless network.

Contact Us

  • General Support Questions - Staff: OITConnect, 458-5555 Students: Drop by any Student Computing Services lab

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