Instructions for Mac OS (for The Oaks, Brandt, and Stu-Han Residence Halls)
STEP 1: Make sure the wireless card is enabled on your laptop. There are two settings that could cause your wireless card to be disabled:
- Most laptops have a button to disable/enable the wireless card—when enabled the button will usually be lit.
- If you are not able to connect to wireless networks, then there is a chance that the Mac OS X operating system might have disabled your wireless network card. Here are the steps to check if your wireless network card is disabled by the Mac OS X operating system:
- Look at the upper-right corner of your screen for the wireless icon. If your Macintosh wireless network card is on, it should like either of the following screenshots:
You can also verify if your wireless network card is on by clicking on the wireless icon and making sure that Airport is “On”.
If your Macintosh wireless network card is off, it will look like this:
- If you have determined that your Macintosh wireless network card is turned off, you can turn it on by clicking on the wireless icon and select Turn AirPort On:
- Look at the upper-right corner of your screen for the wireless icon. If your Macintosh wireless network card is on, it should like either of the following screenshots:
STEP 2: Click on the wireless icon and select Other…
STEP 3: For the Network name: field, enter La Verne Housing (the network name is case-sensitive, so be sure to capitalize the first letters of each word), then click on the OK button.
STEP 4: When you are within the Brandt Hall or Stu-Han residence halls, your computer will automatically connect to the wireless network as shown by the dark bold stripes on the wireless connection icon.
Also, click on the wireless icon and it will show that you are connected to the La Verne Housing wireless network (shown in the second screen shot).
STEP 5: Open a web browser so your computer can go to the Login web page. If your browser does not automatically go to the Login web page, please type in any website address and press Enter.
Enter your University of La Verne e-mail username and password and click on Submit. For example, if your e-mail address is john.smith@laverne.edu, then enter john.smith in the User Name box.
STEP 6: When you have successfully logged in, a pop-up window will appear with a Logout button. Your computer will stay logged in up to 12 hours unless you log out.
Note: you can be logged in on up to three computers at the same time with the same e-mail username–if you are already concurrently logged in on three computers, and you try to login on a fourth computer using the same e-mail username, you will not be able to log in on that fourth computer (and no error message will appear).
STEP 7: When you click the Logout button, you will get a message shown in the screen shot below. As the message states–to complete the log off process and to prevent access to unauthorized users, you must close all browser windows and exit the browser application.
Need Help?
If you have any problems, please contact the Unified Service Desk at (909) 593-3511 x4130