Configuring WPA2 for Windows XP AND VISTA

Requirements for wireless using WPA2 on Windows XP

• Your wireless card must support 802.1x, AES, and WPA.
• Your computer must have Windows XP service pack 2 installed and all the latest updates (you can download it through Windows).
• Make sure you have the most current drivers for your wireless card.

At the start menu select “Run” and type in “ncpa.cpl” and click OK.

This will take you to the network connection screen. (Figure 10)

Figure 10

Right mouse click your wireless connection icon and select properties. This will bring up the following screen (Figure 11). Click on the “Wireless Networks” tab. Make sure the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” is checked. If you already have the “NoWireUC” SSID, select it and click the remove button. This will make it easier to create the new setup.

Figure 11

Click the “Add” button and at the association tab fill out the form as in Figure 12. The network authentication is WPA and the Data Encryption is AES. The SSID is “Securewireless.”

Figure 12

Click the “Authentication” tab and fill out as in Figure 13. The EAP type is “Protected EAP (PEAP) and make sure the “Authenticate as computer when computer information is available” is UNCHECKED.

Figure 13

Click the “Properties” button and uncheck the “Validate server certificate” option and make sure that the authentication method is Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) as in Figure 14. Check the “Validate server certificate” box and select the University of Cincinnati certificate listed in the “Trusted Root Certification Authorities.”

Figure 14

Click the “Configure” button and uncheck the box (see Figure 15). This will ensure that the proper login information is used.

Figure 15

Click Ok on each window until you get back to the original properties screen. There is a box labeled “Advance”. Click to open it up. Select the choice, “Access point (infrastructure) networks only,” and uncheck the option of automatically connection to non-preferred networks. (Figure 16)

Figure 16

Click “Close” and then OK. Congratulations, wireless using WPA2 is now set up.

If you are within range of an access point, you will see the following image (With the name of your wireless connection). (Figure 17)

Figure 17

Click the text balloon and it will take you to the logon window (Figure 18):

Figure 18

Enter your 6+2 username and password in the appropriate blanks, but leave the logon domain empty. Click “OK” and you will be authenticated onto the wireless network using WPA.

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