Much like a mobile phone, wireless networking relies upon broadcast "radio" waves for the sending and receiving of data. The ability of wireless-enabled devices to connect to wireless access points and the signal strength (or speed of data transfer) can be greatly affected by many factors: location in relation to the access point(s), brand of wireless device and antenna type, and amount of interference from other radio sources. OIT recommends, when available and applicable, the use of Cisco and Linksys wireless cards and adapters.

Your device must support the accepting of 128 bit high-encryption security certificates. Most wireless devices provide for this. If you are unsure about your specific device, please check the manual or documentation and/or contact technical support for your device.

Once a wireless connection is established, you must logon to the wireless network, either as "guest" or by using your UT Arlington NetID. The guest logon provides web access to UT Arlington campus web sites only. In order to access off-campus web pages and use other Internet-based services through the wireless connection, you must use your UT Arlington NetID.

"UTAwireless" (case sensitive) is the essid/ssid for all public OIT wireless access points. OIT does not support any other public wireless network on campus.