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Wireless Access

The Two Networks - MSBWIRELESS and HOYAS

The McDonough School of Business provides two ways to reach the internet through wireless access. One network, MSBWIRELESS, is run specfiically by the MSBTC, which has its own support and access points in place. The other avilable network, HOYAS, is run by Univeristy Information Services (UIS) and is the larger campus-wide network available to students outside of business school buildings.

IMPORTANT: You must configure your computers to access the MSBWIRELESS and the HOYAS network. Due to security reasons, your computer will not be able to automatically locate these networks. We are more than happy to setup your computers for you or you may also follow the corresponding tutorials to gain access.

What Works Where?

MSBWIRELESS currently only operates in the Car Barn and the MSB Tech Center. Ouside of these locations, the HOYAS network will be the only accessible wireless signal. As a business student, you must set up both of these networks to have full access in both business and non-business classrooms.

Extent of Support

While we do offer support for gaining access to the HOYAS network, we are not able to address any futher issues (such as outages). Aside from simply configuring your computer to access HOYAS, our support is limited. Should you have any further problems with the HOYAS network, please contact UIS. However, we do provide full support for the MSBWIRELESS network. If you are experiencing any difficulties with MSBWIRELESS, please contact us immediately.

BlackBerry Support

The MSBTC operates a BlackBerry Enterprise Server that enables those with Blackberry's and email-enabled devices to connect to Groupwise. You can follow the general tutorials below; however, please contact our helpdesk to obtain any necessary information to establish this connection. Some phone services require a special liscense (at a cost) before you can set up this service . Additionally, each phone model is somewhat different and may need to be configured in person by one of our support staff.

Tutorials

Wireless Tutorial - Windows Vista

The following tutorial explains how to setup your computer to access the MSBWIRELESS network for Windows VISTA. For configuring the HOYAS network, simply replace MSBWIRELESS with HOYAS in the tutorial and repeat the process. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this tutorial. Please click on the following link to view the tutorial:

Setting Up Wireless Access in Windows Vista

Wireless Tutorial - Windows XP Pro

The following tutorial explains how to setup your computer to access the MSBWIRELESS network for Windows XP PRO. For configuring the HOYAS network, simply replace MSBWIRELESS with HOYAS in the tutorial and repeat the process. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view this tutorial. Please click on the following link to view the tutorial:

Setting Up Wireless Access in Windows XP PRO

Configuring any Wireless Device for Groupwise

NOTE: BlackBerry users may use the specific instructions in the BlackBerry configuration tutorial.

You may configure wireless devices such as PDAs and email-enabled cellular phones to connect to the MSB GroupWise servers. Because this encompasses a wide variety of devices, there will not be individual steps listed here. However, we will post some general guidelines.

If your device allows for you to configure an email account as IMAP, use the following information (NOTE: your device may not ask for all of this information):

Email address: NetID@georgetown.edu
User name: NetID
Password: GroupWise password
Incoming Email server: imap1.msb.edu, port 993, REQUIRES SSL
Outgoing Email server: smtp.georgetown.edu, port 465, REQUIRES SSL

If your device does not allow for an IMAP connection but allows a POP3 connection, use the following information (NOTE: your device may not ask for all of this information):

Email address: NetID@georgetown.edu
User name: NetID
Password: GroupWise password
Incoming Email server: pop1.msb.edu, port 995, REQUIRES SSL
Outgoing Email server: smtp.georgetown.edu, port 465, REQUIRES SSL

If you are asked to authenticate to the Outgoing Email server, you will need your NetID as your username and your NetID password as the password. This only applies if you must enter information for the Outgoing Email Server.

Again, these are just guidelines that you may use to attempt to configure the email on your device yourself. If you experience difficulty, please contact us at the MSB Tech Center for further assistance.

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