Wireless Setup for USC Orange County Center
Mar 29, 2015
Wireless Setupfor USC Orange County Center
Overview
1. Register MAC Address for Wireless
2. Add Wireless SSID to Laptop
3. Install VPN Program
• Note: Everything can be done on or off campus
Registering Wireless Laptop
1. Find MAC Address
2. Access Internet/WebsiteI. Do these instructions from another computer
with a working internet connection
3. Login with Regular USC username/password
4. Type in MAC Address
Registering PC laptops• *On the laptop, you want to
connect to the internet with*
• Go to Start Menu• Click ‘Run’• Type ‘cmd’, hit enter• In the black box, type
‘ipconfig /all’, hit enter• Look for the title ‘Wireless
Network Connection’• Write/Copy the number/letters
to the right of the title ‘Physical Address’
• Note: Physical Address and MAC Address are the same thing
Registering MAC laptops
• Click on the ‘Apple’ icon on the top left of the screen
• Click on ‘System Preferences’
• Under Internet & Network category, Click on ‘Network’
• To the right of Airport ID is the MAC Address
• If you do not see ‘Airport ID’, click configure near the bottom of the menu.
• You should now see it and copy/write it down
Website, Login, & Register
• Follow these instructions from another COMPUTER with a working internet connection (not your laptop)
• Go to the Wireless Registration website– https://secweb.usc.edu/isd/nwdbmod/mod/wirelessregister.tmpl
• Enter your USC username & password– Note to MBA Students: This is not the username you
use to access your Marshall Account• Type in your MAC address that you wrote down
and press ok• Your laptop is now registered with USC!!
Adding Wireless Connection• PC (on your laptop)
– After you’ve registered your mac address
– Find wireless connection utility
– Add SSID: USC– Encryption: WEP 64bit– Password: GOUSC
• Note: We only support the Windows Wireless Manager for PC laptops
Adding Wireless Connection• MAC (on your laptop)
– After you’ve registered your mac address
– Click on ‘Wireless Radar’ icon on the top right of the screen
– Click ‘Other’– Under Network Name, type
‘USC’– Under Wireless Security,
choose ‘WEP’– Under Wireless Password,
type ‘GOUSC’– Press OK
VPN Installation
• Follow these instructions from another computer with a working internet connection and save the file to your thumb drive and then copy to your laptop’s desktop
• Software Link– http://software.usc.edu/index.aspx
• Login with your USC username & password• Download VPN (either PC or MAC)
– Pay attention to what version you might need depending on your operating system/version
VPN Configuration
• Install VPN and follow the instructions– Click ‘New’ Icon– Connection Entry:
USC Wireless– Host: vpn3k.usc.edu– Name: Wireless– Password: GoTrojan
• Login with your Regular USC username/password
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