What is a Wireless Access Point?
Wireless Access Points or Hotspots are locations where you can connect your wireless enabled mobile devices (such as a laptop or a PDA) to the internet using standard Wireless LAN technology.

Campus Wireless Access Points are provided for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to our campus in the following areas:
  • Cyber Café and Lobby Area 1st and 2nd floor in the C building
  • Student Center/Cafeteria 1st and 2nd floor in the S building
  • Quiet Study area 1st and 2nd floor in the H building
  • Atrium in the B building across from the SILK auditorium
  • Courtyard outside of the cafeteria
  • Courtyard outside of the north & south doors of the Cyber Café

For more info and pictures go to http://www.starkstate.edu/helpdesk/connected.htm

1. Double click on the Wireless Network Connection Icon. Usually this icon is located in the Windows notification area on 802.11 b/g enabled laptops (figure 1).
   
   Figure 1
    
2. This will bring up the Choose a wireless network dialogue box (figure 2).
3. Select STARKSTATE from the list of available networks and click Connect (figure 2).
   
   Figure 2
    
4. You may receive a message stating that you are attempting to connect to an unsecured network, at this dialog box click Connect Anyway to continue connecting (figure 3). Note: STARKSTATE wireless access is an unsecure network and does not require a password.
   
   Figure 3
    
5. Your wireless device will retrieve the network settings and connect to the network (figure 4).
   
   Figure 4
    
6. The STARKSTATE network will now show Connected
   
   Figure 5
    
7. The icon in the notification area will also change to show that you are connected to a wireless network (figure 6).
   
   Figure 6
    
8. Open a Web Browser and visit http://www.starkstate.edu/helpdesk or any other Web site to confirm that the network connection has been established and that everything has been configured correctly.