pLANet.X Connection under OS X

Requirement: You have installed an up-to-date version of OS X (OS X 10.7 or higher).

  • Instructions for older Mac OS X versions

    Connecting via pLANet.X

    Connect your Mac with a pLANet.X connection port. You will be asked to enter your user credentials. Please use your university e-mail address YourUniversity-ID@uni-muenster.de and your password for network access. Afterwards, click "OK".
     

    Connecting via pLANet.X
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    You can check if you are successfully connected via the network settings. Open the system preferences via the apple symbol in your status bar and click on the network symbol afterwards.
     

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    You will find the different connections listed at the left hand side. More information about the pLANet.X connection can be found under "Ethernet".

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  • Instructions for newer Mac OS X versions

     

    Option 1: No Wifi set up at the university yet

    Connect your Mac with a pLANet.X connection port.
    If you haven't set up a university Wifi yet (uni-ms or eduroam) you will be asked to enter your user credentials after a few seconds (can take up to 30 seconds).
    Please use your university e-mail address YourUniversity-ID@uni-muenster.de and your password for network access. Afterwards, click "OK".

    Option 1: No Wifi set up at the university yet
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    You will be asked if you want to trust the server radius06.uni-muenster.de.
    Check the certificate via "Show certificate" to see whether it was issued by the "Universitaet Muenster" and whether the general name is "radius06.uni-muenster.de".
    If this is the case, confirm the window with "Continue". Otherwise, a connection is not possible.

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    Option 2: Wifi via the University of Münster is already set up

    If you have already a functioning Wifi connection (uni-ms and/or eduroam), the pLANet.X connection (the 802.1 X connection) uses the access data of this Wifi connection to establish the pLANet.X connection.
    You can therefore simply connect your Mac to a pLANet.X connection.
    If there is no (or only a very poor) Wifi connection, the connection should establish itself after a few seconds (can take up to 30 seconds).

    Option 2: Wifi via the University of Münster is already set up
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    Checking the connection

    You can check whether you are connectes to the network via the "Network" item in the system settings.
    This screenshot shows the connection via an external USB LAN adapter.
    If your MacBook has still an internal LAN connection the menu will look slightly different.

    Checking the connection
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    Under "Details" and "802.1 X" you can view the details of the connection and disconnect or reconnect it.

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