Evergreen

Evergreen: ESF Wireless Network

Requirements to connect:

	A laptop, or other device, with 802.11b or 802.11g capability, in proper working order. If you suspect something is amiss, please contact the device’s manufacturer before connecting to *Evergreen.*
	Windows 2000/XP professional, Macintosh OS 10.3 or higher, and PocketPC 2003 SE have been tested to date and appear to work.
	Internet Explorer or Firefox Web browser.
	Antivirus software, legally installed and regularly updated.
	Valid ESF Campus Network User Information, which for students, consists of:

1. NetID: Your SU email address prefix (the part before the '@syr.edu')

2. ESF Password: Your myESF Logon password—not the one you use for Orangemail or MySlice.

3. Domain: CMWPE students should use CMWPE; all other Students should use STUDENTS

Locations:

The Evergreen Wireless Network is currently available on the main level of Moon library, room 244 Illick Hall, Marshall Auditorium, Nifkin Lounge, and the Dining room in Marshall Hall.

Fair warning regarding virus protection:

	Your device should be free of Virus/Trojan/Adware/Spyware. Please check your Antivirus software to ensure it is up-to-date and functioning properly.
	If the device is used on ResNET (available in Syracuse University residences), Syracuse University requires it to have “[Syracuse] University-provided McAfee antivirus software installed and running.” Therefore, IF YOU WILL BE BRINGING YOUR DEVICE BACK AND FORTH FROM ResNET, PLEASE USE THEIR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE AND FOLLOW ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THAT SYSTEM.
	Still need anti-virus software? If you will be using your computer while physically located on the ESF campus, you may download Symantec (formerly Norton) AntiVirus from http://cns.esf.edu; updates may be obtained only while on campus, and you must remove the software upon graduation, transfer to another college, or otherwise separate from the institution. See that page for low cost options for your personally owned, stay at home computers.
	*WARNING:* Users who infect other systems through *Evergreen,* who slow the network with Spyware/Adware, or use it for other malicious activity may be permanently banned from this network.

General Logon Instructions:

1)	Turn on your device, and gain access to your desktop.
2)	Associate your device with the wireless network: Evergreen. This process varies greatly between computers and Operating systems. For Windows XP with SP2, you typically see a notice that the wireless system has found a network; follow the on-screen instructions to connect to the SSID Evergreen.

3)	Start a Web Browser. Internet Explorer and Firefox have been tested to date.
4)	When you receive this warning, click 'Yes' to connect to Evergreen. If your browser displays a message that “a page cannot be displayed” (or similar message), you may need to 1) refresh the page, 2) clear your browser cache, and/or 3) restart, and try again. If your device is functioning properly, you will eventually get this or a similarly worded message.

5)	Authentication using the aforementioned ESF NetID.


	If there is no space specifically for the Domain, it must be included as a prefix to the username as ‘domain\username’ as shown above. Please use the 'back-slash' located above the ‘Enter’ key on most keyboards and click the 'Login' button when your NetID information is properly entered.
6)	Connecting to the network...
	If your login information is accepted by the system, you will see some variation of the following page indicating that you are being connected to the *Evergreen* network. You will be automatically redirected to your browser's usual home page.

	If the system could not properly intercept your home page, you will be redirected to your device's default, local blank page, About:Blank. THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM! If it happens, simply enter an address on the Address line of your browser or click the Home icon in your browser's tool bar.

	*Caution:* There are adware/spyware applications that will subvert the About:Blank page to their own purposes. If you see the About:Blank page, it should be blank. If it is not blank, then you may have contracted a Trojan or adware/spyware program. This may interfere with the proper operation of your browser which may interfere with your ability to use *Evergreen.*
7)	Congratulations! You are now connected to Evergreen.

Revised 2/6/06, Computing and Network Services.


	Virus Protection at ESF: *For all* PCs that connect to the ESF Campus Network Click here to install the Campus version of Symantec Antivirus 9. Advantages of using this version are: It is free to users of PCs that connect to the ESF Campus (Both State and personally owned). It is automatically updated, when connected to the ESF Campus Network, to assure that you are always protected. NOTE:** This is version 9.0 of Symantec Antivirus (f.k.a. Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition) on the ESF Campus. Please click here to learn about upgrading to this new version from the previous version 7.6.


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