Electrical and Information Engineering
The University of Sydney
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Connect to Usyd Unwired

General HOWTO connect to Usyd wireless.
Setup Guide to Connect to School's Wireless Network
  1. You need to have a notebook with a wireless card or a PC card that support 802.11b or 802.11g. 
  2. Disable Date Encryption(WEP) and leave Network Authentication Open.
  3. Set the Internet protocol TCP/IP to DHCP
  4. Select an Access Point  you'd  like to connect to, such as USYD-ENGINEERING.

    USYD-ENGINEERING coverage:

    1. Building J03 - level 9, level 8, level 7, level 4 and Lecture Theater 351

    2. Building J13 - level 4, part of level 3 and level 1

  5. Normally, you will be assigned an IP of the format 172.17.x.x or 172.19.x.x.  and you can  see all network setting.

  6. Download the VPN (Virtual Private Network) client from the university site either from your notebook, if  you have the basic wireless connection,  or from a computer connected to university network.  Install the VPN client on your notebook.

  7. To use VPN, you need to enable your VPN and Web options from your Extro Account at https://www.auth.usyd.edu.au/extro/options

For more assistance please email  helpdesk@ee.usyd.edu.au ,  log the request on our Problem Tracking System or contact School Information Technology Unit, room 412LB

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