Wireless

As wireless networking becomes more common, an increasing number of students, faculty and staff are finding themselves with multiple wireless devices to manage for themselves and their departments. The following links will help you to setup and register for your wireless access.

• What you need to buy
• Security
• Register your card
• Enable WEP Encryption

There are Multiple Networks

As the campus is upgraded, the old "dragonfly" network will disappear and two new ones will appear. The new ones will be called "dragonfly3" and "dragonfly2." Computer users who can see the dragonfly3 network should connect to it; otherwise use dragonfly. The dragonfly2 network is for game consoles, older phones, and handheld devices that cannot see dragonfly3.

DragonFly3

DragonFly3 is the preferred network for all users. It provides access the fastest and most secure wireless networking available. DragonFly3 uses your user-id and password to grant access so there’s no need to register your wireless card like was needed with the old DragonFly.

DragonFly3 uses the WiFi Protected Access (WPA) protocol to secure the network. It works with both WPA and the newer WPA2 protocols. Linux, MacOS, and Windows all support WPA2. Please see the detailed instructions to connect to DragonFly3.

DragonFly2

Cell phones, game consoles, and handhelds may lack the WPA security protocol needed for DragonFly3. For those devices, Drexel has set up DragonFly2. It works just like the old DragonFly, but with an improved data encryption system.

To use DragonFly2, you need to register your wireless device via DrexelOne, just as you did for the old DragonFly. When you complete your registration, you'll be shown two "WEP keys," a short one for the old DragonFly and a longer one for DragonFly2. The longer key provides for more improved encryption and is required for DragonFly2.