Monash South Africa Wireless Self Registration

Wireless Internet access at Monash South Africa

Step 1 – Before you start IMPORTANT checks

• Ensure your laptop has a WiFi compatible wireless network adapter and that the DRIVERS are installed.
• To access Monash-Wireless-Net, you need a current, working Monash AUTHCATE computer account.
• Ensure that your Wireless adapter is ENABLED:

In Windows:

• Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Connections
• You should see your wireless adapter in the list and it should be set to Enabled. If it isn’t, right click on it and set it to Enabled.
• Some machines have a separate switch on the laptop that turns the wireless adapter on and off. Consult the user’s guide for the laptop and ensure this is switched on.
• Ensure that all FIREWALLS are disabled (both Windows and Anti-virus firewalls).

Step 2 – Register your laptop´s wireless network adapter

• Find the Ethernet (hardware / physical) address of the wireless adapter

In Windows:

• Go to Start > Run>
• Type CMD and click OK
• A black box with white text will appear
• In this box, type IPCONFIG /ALL
• Depending on the number and / or types of network adapters fitted to the laptop, the information displayed may be in several sections, referring to the different network adapters present on the machine.
• Locate the section referring to the Wireless Network Adapter (you may need to scroll back through the text using the drag bar to locate this section).
• Under the wireless section, look for a line starting “Physical Address“, eg: Physical Address. . . . . . .: 00-40-96-AE-AE-F3
• Removing the hyphens (‘-‘), results in 004096AEAEF3. This is the address which must now be registered.

In MAC OS:

• From the Apple Menu, select “System Preferences“.
• Select the “Network” icon
• Select “AirPort” from the “Show” Pop-up menu.
• Select the “TCP/IP” tab
• The number next to AirPort ID is a 12 digit hexadecimal number separated by colons (in the form XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX). This is the computer’s AirPort (wireless) MAC address.

Register your wireless adapter

Register online at: https://webnet.its.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/addhost/register

• Enter your AUTHCATE username and password
• You should see a hostname similar to: <your username>-wlan-self.faculty.Do not use <your username>-wired-self.faculty as this is for Residence Internet.
• Enter the Ethernet address of your adapter (without any hyphens or spaces)
• Enter your contact email address or cell phone number
• Click Register.

Card registration takes one hour to process. After this time has elapsed, you can continue to steps 3 & 4.

Step 3 Connect to Monash-Wireless-Net

Attach and authenticate to the Monash South Africa network:

• Double click on the Wifi icon, next to your clock on the task bar (or right-click on Wifi icon to connect).
• Then connect to “Monash-Wireless-Net”.
• Visit any website in your Internet browser and you will be redirected to a webpage (like below) for authentication. Enter your Authcate credential for Internet access.
• No web browser Proxy settings required.