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How do I connect to NCS Wireless using Ubuntu Linux?

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To login to RU wireless graphically:

Click on System>Administrator>Networking
1) The administrator login box will appear.
     a) Enter your password.
2) The "Network Settings" tool will appear.
    a) Uncheck Wired Connection
    b) Select Wireless Connection
    c) Select Properties
3) Next to Network name (ESSID) enter
    NCS_WLAN
and Click OK
4) Check the box next to Wireless Connection, wait until the status bar
closes.
5) Click Close
6) Open Firefox, and enter a URL
7) Wait until the Bluesocket loads and log in using your NetID and password

or

To login RU wireless using the command line:

1) Click on Applications>Accessories>Terminal
2) sudo /sbin/iwconfig
    a) This will inform you which interface your wireless card is using, for example "eth1"
3) sudo /sbin/iwconfig eth1 essid "NCS-WLAN"
4) sudo /sbin/iwconfig eth1 mode "Managed"
5) sudo /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up
6) sudo /sbin/dhclient eth1

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