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There are only
three steps involved in
connecting to the Smith wireless
network: Installation,
Configuration,
Authentication
Installation
To connect to
the Smith Wireless Network you
will need a laptop with a
wireless card. No specific
laptop manufacturer is required
however discounted systems are
offered to University members
through
OIT Purchasing. If your laptop
did not
come with an internal wireless
card already installed, you will have to buy an external
one. The only wireless card
requirement is that it meets the
802.11b standard. You will then
need to install your wireless
card following the card
manufacturer's instructions
exactly.
Configuration
During the card
installation process, you will
be prompted for the SSID or
Network Name. This field should
be set to umd in lowercase. This
information must be configured
properly in order to connect to
the Smith wireless network.
Authentication
With your
wireless card installed and
configured simply open a web
browser and you should see the
new authentication page. From
here simply log in using your
Directory ID information. If you
are unsure what your
Directory ID is, you
may look it up at
http://www.ldap.umd.edu. You
will need your SID/UMID and PIN.
Here are some details and screen
shots of the
authentication system.
Setup Printing on VMH
Novell Network Printers
NOTE: You must be logged into Novell in order to
install and use these printers.
Business School Faculty, Staff and MBA students have
Novell accounts.
Faculty/Staff
- Open your
Start Menu and click Printers and Faxes (this
may be under a category named Settings)
- On the
left-hand side you should see Add a printer,
click this. A window will pop up, you will want
to click the Next > button.
- Choose A
network printer... and click Next >
- Choose
Browse for a printer and click Next >
- After a
little bit a list will appear in the larger box.
One of the items in the list will be NDPS
Printers, double click this.
- Double
click NDPS Controlled Access Printers
- Double
click fac.bmgt.UMCP
- Locate the
printer you want to add and double click it
- A warning
will appear saying that drivers are going to be
installed on your system. Click Yes
- After a
couple seconds, some files will be copied to
your computer and a dialog will appear asking if
you want to set this printer as your default
printer. If you want to automatically have this
printer chosen when you go to print something,
choose Yes and click Next >. If not, choose No
then click Next >
- When
everything is complete, click Finish. There is
no need to reboot. If you have any applications
that print, you may need to restart them (i.e.
Word, Acrobat, Excel, Lotus, etc.)
MBA Students
- Open your
Start Menu and click Printers and Faxes (this
may be under a category named Settings)
- On the
left-hand side you should see Add a printer,
click this. A window will pop up, you will want
to click the Next > button.
- Choose A
network printer... and click Next >
- Choose
Browse for a printer and click Next >
- After a
little bit a list will appear in the larger box.
One of the items in the list will be NDPS
Printers, double click this.
- Double
click NDPS Controlled Access Printers
- Double
click BMGT
- Double
click UMCP
- Double
click bmgt
- Double
click labs
- Locate the
printer you want to add and double click it.
- A warning
will appear saying that drivers are going to be
installed on your system. Click Yes
- After a
couple seconds, some files will be copied to
your computer and a dialog will appear asking if
you want to set this printer as your default
printer. If you want to automatically have this
printer chosen when you go to print something,
choose Yes and click Next >. If not, choose No
then click Next >
- When
everything is complete, click Finish. There is
no need to reboot. If you have any applications
that print, you may need to restart them (i.e.
Word, Acrobat, Excel, Lotus, etc.)
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