Connecting
to the Purdue Air Link (PAL) Wireless Network
1-
Card settings:
These settings can be entered when you are prompted for settings
during device driver loading or you may access the settings dialog
windows by selecting your wireless card properties
1. Set the Network name or ESSID to "PAL"
in upper case.
2. Set the Operating mode to "Infrastructure".
To extend device battery time, you may wish to set "Card Power
Management" on.
2-
Connecting to the Purdue wireless network from a handheld PC or
Pocket PC:
In order to connect to the Purdue wireless network, users must
first download the client software for your device. Click on the
links below to download the VPN client software.
- Users of Pocket PC 568
download Movian
Pocket PC 2002
- Users of Pocket PC 548
download Movian Pocket
PC 3.0
- Users of Handheld PC
720 download Movian HPC
2000
Note that to install the
software on your device you need to have ActiveSync installed
on your desktop PC or laptop. Download the software to your desktop
PC, unzip the file and read the "Installation Instructions.txt"
file.
If you need the software
for another opertaing ystem (PalmOS, Windows, MAC, Linux) please
go to http://www.itap.purdue.edu/airlink/.
Every time you want to
connect to PAL, you must start the MovianVPN application, and
then enter your login and password when prompted.
3-
Connection Settings
Users of Pocket PC 568 go to Start > Settings, then select
the Connections tab. Double click on the Connections icon. Make
sure that the option "My network card connects to:"
is set to "The Internet" and not Work, otherwise you
will not be able to connect.
In
the Mobility Laboratory: Connecting to the Mobility Wireless Network
The access
point in the mobility lab has not been converted to PAL yet. To
access it you must set the Network name or ESSID to "MOBILITY"
in upper case.
Users of Pocket PC 568
go to Start > Settings, then select the Connections tab. Double
click on the Connections icon. Make sure that the option "My
network card connects to:" is set to "The Internet"
and not Work, otherwise you will not be able to connect.
