Residence Halls: Connecting Devices to the Wired Network
DSU provides one hospitality unit per room in all of our Residence Halls. Students can use for their assigned DSU laptop, personal desktops, smart tv and gaming devices.
These units provide access to the GoTrojans wireless network, DSUGaming wireless network and wired ports for personal devices (desktops, tablets, etc.).
The DSU Residence Hall network now uses 802.1x to authenticate users to the appropriate wired networks. These instructions will show you how to enable this feature on your computer so you can authenticate.
When you plug a MacOS computer into the network, you will be prompted for your username and password automatically.
Enter your DSU assigned email address and password.
Windows 10 Computers:
Right-click Start, Run and type “services.msc” and press Enter.
Scroll down and double click “Wired AutoConfig”.
Change the Startup Type using dropdown to read “Automatic”.
Click Start.
Click OK.
Right-click Start, Run and type “control netconnections” then press Enter.
Right-click Local Area Connection and select Properties (Local Area Connection may be displayed with another name such as Ethernet, Wired, Intel – you want to choose the “wired” connection)
Click the Authentication tab and match your settings to the image below making sure that “Fallback to unauthorized network access” is Unchecked.
Click the Settings button and uncheck the box “Verify the server's identity by validating the certificate”
Then, click on the Configure... button and verify that "Automatically use my Windows logon name and password (and domain if any)" is Unchecked, then click OK twice.
After that, Click the Additional Settings button. Check the box for Specify Authentication Mode, change the dropdown to read User Authentication, then click Save Credentials. Enter your DSU email address and password (i.e., fistname.lastname@trojans.dsu.edu) Note: Your email format may be different than the example.
Click OK three times.
You will now be connected to the wired network in the residence halls.
NOTE: Depending on your computer, it may take a minute or two to obtain an IP address before you will be able to access the Internet and may also take a reboot of the device.
Important!:
Do not plug devices into the the port labled E0/PT on the bottom of the AP. Only use ports E1, E2, and E3.
Other Devices in Residence Halls:
If you have other devices, such as an Xbox, Play Station, Wii, please see Related Article: WiFi & Network Access / Residence Hall: Registering your Gaming Device