How to connect to Wireless

Wadham College offers wireless internet (both OWL and eduroam) in certain areas of the college :-Library, Junior Common Room, Middle Common Room, Senior Common Room, Old Refectory, Okinaga Room, Holywell Music Room and Moser Theatre.

Every bedroom in College has a wired network port.  However, students and Academic guests who live close to the rooms listed above may be able to alternatively connect via wireless as well as cabled access.

Below is a brief step by step guide on how you can install the VPN client needed to connect to the OWL (Oxford Wireless Lan) internet.

When you arrive at college and been given your Bodleian card, username (wadhxxxx), you will need to follow a few steps to be able to access wireless in Wadham College.

Firstly you need to set up a Remote Access account.  This uses your Oxford username and a DIFFERENT password which you need to set up at https://register.ox.ac.uk/.  Accessible with you Nexus credentials.  Register for a remote access account.  Note there will be a lag between setting it up and it being active, you are notified when this will be the case.  If you forget your remote access account password this is where it can be changed.

Secondly you will need to install the Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network), also available from the same site.  The VPN client is available (under Software on the left handside) for Windows 7, Vista, XP & 2000, OS X 10.4,10.5 and 10.6 and Linux.  Please download the appropriate client for your operating system.



Following the on screen instructions to install the VPN client on your machine.



Once the VPN client has been installed and it is run for the first time you will be presented with the VPN connection window. The connect to: will appear blank and you will need to type in the following address: vpn.ox.ac.uk



Once this has been done you will then see three boxes appear below, the Group box will be automatically prefix with Oxford, you will then need to enter your username which is your wadhxxx and then your VPN password which hopefully you would of setup earlier as mentioned earlier in the guide.



When you have your wireless connected to OWL and the credential filled in on your VPN client and click connect you should then be able to click on your browser to connect to the internet.

A padlock icon will show in the toolbar to show that you are connected via VPN.

How to connect using Eduroam

An alternative to connecting to wireless than using OWL is to connect via Eduroam. This connects in a slightly different way than connecting to OWL. Due to the variation of setups because of different operating systems, you can find step by step instructions to connect to Eduroam here Connecting to Eduroam.

If you feel you have followed all the above steps and are still not able to connect via wireless or use the VPN, then please come along to our offices in Staircase 19 Room 2 & 3 and one of the IT staff members will assist you, or call us on Tel: 277594/277988/277995.