Register Your Computer for Wireless Access

Register Your Mobile Computer for Wireless Access on the Grinnell Campus

Each mobile computer has a wireless card or wireless network adapter with a unique 12-character address. This 12-character address needs to be retrieved from the card and registered to use wireless technology on the Grinnell campus. Below are several ways to retrieve this address:

1) Look on the back of the card for the MAC ID#.

2) Windows 95/98
Click Start. Click Run.
In the Open: box type winipcfg.
In the dialog box select the correct ethernet card and write down the MAC address.

3) Windows 2000/XP
Click Start. Click Run.
In the Open: box type cmd and Click Okay.
At the c:\> prompt type ipconfig/all.
Locate Ethernet adapter heading for wireless card and write down the physical address.

4) Macintosh OS X
Click on Apple in upper left hand corner
Select "About This Mac"
Select "More Info" button - this opens System Profiler
In left column, find "network" and click on "airport card"
You should now see your airport mac address in viewing area to the right

Access information and locations of wireless access points on our campus.

Questions?
Contact the Helpdesk at ext. 4400 with questions about locating the 12-character address on your mobile computer.