UAWiFi on Vista - Now Working?

[J. Howa]

I just wanted to let everyone know that I tried connecting to UAWiFi AGAIN today and - it worked! I didn't change anything, but I recently installed some system updates.

I checked the threads and no one else seems to have connected, so I thought I'd pass it along. So, nobody get your hopes up, but try updating Vista and see if you can connect now. Good luck!

[dparm]

HOLY COW!

It finally works!!

You will need to enter your NetID & password, but that's all. No weird setup procedure!

[jharriso]

Horrah! That's probably what all the UAWiFi funkiness has been about the past 3-4 weeks.

[dparm]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/TheGSRGuy/wifivista.jpg

[dparm]

It will automatically recognize it as WPA2 Enterprise w/AES & PEAP.

WAY easier than XP setup.

[jharriso]

Does it know to use the Equifax certificate? I'd check, but my vista machines are at home currently.

[dparm]

Yes, it automatically selects the Equifax certificate.

[picch]

Yay no more VPN......*does dance* :D

[bgwinkel]

Hooray!

[dparm]

I've found a slight problem: when you restart, Windows attempts to automatically connect you but gives the error "Windows cannot connect you to UAWiFi. Please contact your network administrator."

It then hops on the next network in the list, but if you go pick UAWiFi it connects right away.

[dparm]

Nevermind -- you need to remove UAPublic/UAGuest from your list and the problem will not come up again.

[qpxh]

ever since uawifi started working on vista..it stops working for my wireless card on XP.

the card is an aetheros 3500 (spelled something like that)

It sees the connections and connects..but it says "limited or no connectivity" which mean..no connectivity.
This is the same case as UApublic and UAguest

I even went as far as deleting the connections and install it again and I redid my connection settings..and reregister for the wireless. Basically everything, I even went to the atheros website to update my wireless drivers on a LAN connection.

Nothing works.. any help?

[nlopez]

It wasn't the updates that fixed it. I havn't booted, or updated Vista in over a month and I just fired up to test and I was able to connect right up to UAWiFi. To quote Ken Boynton's post to NetDiscuss Wednesday:
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This is true; I made some changes to the UAWiFi SSID and the controllers to get Vista up and working. I’m waiting for word from Cisco to see if there are any repercussions to the changes that I made. I will update everyone once I have confirmation.

[dparm]

Quang, maybe give the Underground a call and set up an appointment. Perhaps one of the TLs down there can take a look and see what's up.

[qpxh]

sounds good. :) i will do that shortly.

[dparm]

Well my annoying problem has resurfaced. At this point it's more of a nuisance; I immediately get a "cannot connect" error at login, but it seems to connect without any problem with 60 seconds.

Perhaps there is a registry setting that needs to be tweaked to delay the message.

[mcbrides]

Mine is doing the same thing. Says it cannot connect and then it connects right after that message pops up. Unfortunately it does not seem very stable on my computer for some reason. UAPublic with VPN still seems to be more reliable at the moment.

[dparm]

Sean, I also have noticed that UAWiFi is not as reliable as UAPublic -- sometimes I seem to lose the connection for a few minutes and have to restart to regain it.

For the record, I have an Intel PRO Wireless 3945abg mini-PCI-Express card.

[mcbrides]

Good ol' Intel Chipsets. I have the beloved 2200BG, though I haven't had as many problems as many accounts that I have read.
Also, I have noticed that a new entry is made each time I connect to UAWiFi (currently it lists UAWiFi 4)

[dparm]

That probably has to do with the different gateways. I only have 3 since I only use the laptop in a few places on campus.

[Unregistered]

I am connecting fine to UAWiFi with windows vista

[Unregistered]

What do you enter as the domain name. When it asks for additional Information it asks for

Username (NetID):
Password (NedIDPass):
Domain Name: ??

[Unregistered]

Ok well I guess you don't need to know the Login Domain. But when I try to connect it asks me to enter in a new password because the one I had has expired, then it just goes back to telling me I need to enter in more credentials, then a new password etc...

[Unregistered]

Ok well I figured it out,

I just re-registered for UAWiFi even though I registered for it a couple of months ago. Everything works fine now!!