Wired networking in the Coda building utilizes 802.1x network authentication. The guides below will walk you through configuring 802.1x authentication on your device -

How to connect a Mac to the Coda wired network

How to connect a Windows 10 machine to the wired network in Coda

In order to connect a laptop computer or other mobile device to the network, please see the OIT guide below for the particular device you are attempting to connect.

Using a Windows machine

First install SecureCRT, you can download it for free from OIT.

There are 2 ways to authenticate, either with a regular password (simple), or with a public/private key pair. 

Overview

To ensure the integrity of user accounts, the College of Computing requires encrypted transmission of all credentials. We employ Secure Shell (SSH) to provide secure, remote access to our Linux-based servers. SSH supports both password- and public key-based authentication. The private key takes the place of a password. Instead of typing in a password on the keyboard, you supply a file with your key in it. Private keys are extremely hard to decrypt or guess, and there is no password for a key logger to steal.

Thanks to the OIT LAWN Team, a new feature was recently released but not widely announced (yet) that allows one to authenticate devices to LAWN via another computer browser. This should prove very useful for authenticating devices (e.g. robots, game consoles, etc.) that do not have a programmable network stack or browser capabilities. All you need to know is the ethernet address for the device. The device will keep it's DHCP lease until it rebooted. If you find this feature useful, please send a word of thanks to matt.sanders@oit.