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title: "Connect to Wired Ethernet 802.1x (Frost Center)"
canonical: "https://tech.calpoly.edu/space/CPKB/1889207109/Connect%20to%20Wired%20Ethernet%20802.1x%20(Frost%20Center)"
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To get connected to wired ethernet in the Frost Center, please follow the steps below, based on your particular computer’s operating system.

### macOS

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1. Plug your ethernet cable into your computer.
2. In the authentication window that pops up, enter your** CP username and password**.
  
3. Click **OK**.
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### Windows

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1. Open **Control Panel **and search for “*network*”
2. Click **Network and Sharing Center**.
  
3. Click **Change adapter settings**.
  
4. Right-click **Ethernet** and select **Properties**.
5. Click the **Authentication tab **and select the following settings:
  1. Check the box to** Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication**.
  2. Choose **Microsoft Protected EAP (PEAP)**, as the network authentication method.
  3. **Uncheck **the box for **Remember my credentials**.
  4. **Uncheck **the box for **Fallback to unauthorized network access**.
    
  5. Click the **Settings** button and enter the following settings:
    1. Check the **Verify the server’s identity by validating the certificate** box.
    2. Check the **AAA Certificate Services** box listed in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities.
    3. Select **Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) **from the Select Authentication Method dropdown list.
    4. Check the box for** Enable Fast Reconnect**.
      
    5. Click the **Configure** button and, from the popup window, **uncheck** the box named **Automatically use my Windows account logon name and password (and domain if an**
    6. Click **OK**.
      
  6. Click **OK**.

   6. Plug your **ethernet cable** into your computer.

   7. In the authentication window that pops up, enter your **CP username and password**.

> ℹ️ *If the “Authentication” tab is missing from ethernet properties, do the following:
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> ℹ️ 1. Using the Windows Search Bar to find and open **Services**.
> ℹ️ 2. Scroll down to a service named **Wired AutoConfig**, right-click on it, and click **Properties**.
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> ℹ️ 3. In the “Startup type” drop down menu, select **Automatic**, click the **Start** button, then click **OK**.
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### Linux

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1. Click the **Applications icon**.
  
2. Use the search bar to find and open the **Advanced Network Configuration app**.
  
3. Click the **+ (plus)** button on the bottom left corner of the new window.
  
4. Select **Ethernet** from the drop-down menu, then click **Create**…
  
5. Type a name for this connection, then click the **802.1X Security tab**.
6. Check the box for **Use 802.1X security for this connection.**
  
7. Enter the following information in the new boxes:
  1. Authentication: **Protected EAP (PEAP)**
  2. Anonymous identity:* leave blank*
  3. Domain: **ad.calpoly.edu**
  4. Check the box for **No CA certificate is required**
  5. PEAP Version: **Automatic**
  6. Inner authentication: **MSCHAPv2**
  7. Enter your** CP username and password**
8. Click **Save**.

![image](media://227ba42d-244e-403b-993b-b515414b43ce)

9. To use this new connection, click on the **network manager icon **in the top right corner of the screen.
  
10. Click **Wired Connected**.
  
11. Click on your **newly created connection**.
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