Manually connecting to a wireless network in Windows

Summary

How to manually connect to a wireless network on a Windows 10 device.

Body

 Objective

Follow the instructions below to manually connect to a wireless network on a Windows 10 device.

 Audience

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Guests

 Environment  

  • Windows 10

 Procedure

  1. Click on the Wi-Fi symbol in the bottom right corner.


     
  2. Select Network and Internet Settings.


     
  3. Click Network and Sharing Center.


     
  4. Select Set up a new connection or network.


     
  5. Click Manually connect to a wireless network and then click on Next.


     
  6. Enter the Network name and select the Security type.  For KSU Wireless, it is WPA2-Enterprise.


     
  7. Click Next.
     
  8. You should then receive a notification that the network was successfully added.


     
  9. Click Close.
     
  10. Once you have seen this message, you should be able to connect to the network

Details

Details

Article ID: 297
Created
Mon 6/6/22 1:50 PM
Modified
Wed 8/21/24 7:55 PM

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