Research Wireless Network
A research project from 2001 of Laboratory for Computer Science Research Department of Computer Science |
This service is open to all Rutgers Users and its guest for RESEARCH purposes.
Please use RUWireless for general purpose usage.
This login window is encrypted and secured by SSL Encryption.
This means your Login information is protected during login.
However, other communications on wireless network are not secured.
Unless you are using secure
means like secure browsing (https), ssh, vpn etc, everything is in the clear.
This wireless network does not encrypt any data in the air To keep your data secure, you MUST use
software that encrypt your communications. Example of such software
are: HTTPS browser session, Secured access Email client, Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) and Virtual Private
Network (VPN).
About
Research Wireless - IMPORTANT WARNING
Requirements
Do not preset any DNS or IP number.
Login Process
To use Research Wireless, you need only to open your browser and connect to
regular (http not https) website like http://www.rutgers.edu. If your
internet browser is set to go to a certain page, you will be
forwarded to the login screen.
If you pass the authentication process, the login window will disappear and you will be forwarded to a new page.
If you get blockedlisted, you should read the Blocklist policy to get yourself out of the block.
If for some reasons you get a blank page instead of the login screen, clear your web browser cache and history then try to connect to regular website like accounts.csrutgers.edu.
Note:
If you registered for auto signin and Research Wireless still asks you to sign in,
the easy fix is to turn off your WiFi network for a 1 minute and try again.
Automatic Sign-In
Research Wireless allows automatic sign-in for Rutgers user only. This automatic
sign-in expires after 1 year and needs to be redone yearly. If you
have multiple devices registered on Research Wireless, you can manage these devices
and renew their expiration with just one click using the Research Wireless
Registration Management website. Please note if you are
blocklisted, Automatic signin will not work.
If you are still not able to login, let us know by sending email to help@cs.rutgers.edu.
Password Issue
If you are having password issue, please test to
see if you can login to my.rutgers.edu first using Internet connected
computer. It is possible that your netid/password account may be
compromised and the
helpdesk
locked your account to prevent further damage.
Q. When I Login, nothing happens. Why?
If for some reasons after you logged in, you are brought back to the
login screen, clear up your browser cache or try using a different
browser. In likelyhood, your access to Research Wireless is already granted but your
browser failed to take you to the site you wanted to go. Try enter:
http://www.rutgers.edu to see if you can connect.
Q: Why do I get "Fail to get confirmation from the gateway" error?.
Q: How do I Logout?
Possible Problems
Assuming you satisfied the requirements listed above, there are a couple possible problem that may occur. Here is a list
and what to do about it.
A: This error happens during login on machine
that has networking issues. Please restart your machine and try again.
A: To Logout
you simply turn off or put your machine to sleep. Research Wireless has auto logout feature which logged
you out after 8 hours of non actvities.
Written by Hanz Makmur