Wireless Guest network Service User Details

To access the network, please use the following credentials: Wireless Guest network Service
As a guest you can use the Wireless Guest network on the campus of VU University Amsterdam. A guest username and password will be handed to you at registration.

Wireless connections

Connect to the network with the SSID = guest.
Then open a web browser.
You will be automatically re-directed to the appropriate login page, where you can enter the credentials mentioned above.
To be well prepared before you access the Wireless Guest network take notice of the following instructions:
•  Make sure that you have installed the latest update for your network card driver.
•  Be advised that the Guest network is an open and unsecured network.
•  To avoid risks and optimize security make sure to have the latest updates for your virus scanner and security patches installed.

How to connect to Wireless Guest network service?

The following instructions describe how to connect with a MS Windows notebook (XP or Vista). If you are using an Apple notebook, you can probably connect. However, we do not support this platform.

Windows XP:

•  Go to ‘Start’ => ‘Control Panel’ => ‘Network Connections’.
•  The Network Connections window appears. Click in the list at ‘LAN or High-Speed Internet’ with your right mouse button on ‘Wireless Network Connection’.
•  Click in the menu on ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
•  Select the ‘guest’ network.
•  Click on ‘Connect’.
•  Next start your browser. Take note!: sometimes a notebook does not recognize the security certificate Guest network uses. In that case you receive a message saying ‘there is a problem with this website’s security certificate’. Ignore this message and select ‘continue to this website’.
•  After a while a login screen appears (Welcome to the VU Wireless Guest network Service). Enter your guest username and password.
•  You can use the Internet now.

Windows Vista

•  Go to ‘Control Panel’ => ‘Network and Internet’ => ‘Network and Sharing Center’ => ‘Manage Wireless Networks’.
•  Choose ‘Add’.
•  Click on ‘Add a network that is in range of this computer’.
•  Select the ‘guest’ network.
•  Click on ‘Connect’. A message will appear saying that VU-Guest is an unsecured network. Please ignore this message and select ‘Connect anyway’.
•  Next start your browser. Take note!: sometimes a notebook does not recognize the security certificate VU-Guest uses. In that case you receive a message saying ‘there is a problem with this website’s security certificate’. Ignore this message and select ‘yes’ to proceed.
•  After a while a login screen appears (Welcome to the VU Wireless Guest network Service). Enter your guest username and password.
•  You can use the Internet now.

We insistently recommend you to use a firewall on your notebook!

Disclaimer

Use of the VU Guest wireless network is subject to Dutch law and VU rules and regulations:
•  Any damage inflicted on the VU University Amsterdam by illegitimate use of the wireless network will be passed on to the user.
•  The VU University Amsterdam denies all accountability for any damage resulting from use of the wireless network.
•  The VU University Amsterdam reserves the right to deny visitors access to the wireless network at any time.