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How to Login to the SOU-Guest Network:

Note

SOU Employees using SOU equipment should be using SOU-Secure. Contact your computing coordinator if you have questions about which network to connect to.

SOU-Guest is the preferred Wi-Fi for mobile devices such as phones due to not having to authenticate. It has a 20Mbps bandwidth limit, and will allow you to reach publicly facing web servers. 

SOU-Wireless requires you to authenticate each day you are on campus. It doesn’t have an imposed bandwidth limit, and will let you access much of the internal SOU network.

How to connect on a Windows 10 computer:

To connect to a Wi-Fi network through the taskbar, use these steps:

  1. Click the Network icon in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar.

     

     

     

     

    Note

    Alternatively, you can open Action Center (Windows key + A), and then click the Network button in the Quick actions section to access the network flyout. If you don't see the button, click the up arrow button on the left.

  2. Select the appropriate wireless network (such as SOU-Guest) to connect.

    1. (Optional) Check the “Connect automatically” option.

  3. Click the Connect button.

Picture of the networks menu from the action center menu with a list of wireless networks available to sign into and the Wi-Fi button is selected as on which it indicates by changing from a white color to a blue one.

Note

Quick tip: If you do not see any wireless access point in the list, click the Wi-Fi button to turn on the adapter.

How to connect on a Windows 11 computer:

To connect to a Wi-Fi network through the taskbar, use these steps:

  1. Click the Network icon in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar.

  2. Then click on the arrow pointing right next to the Wi-Fi button

    1. Picture of the network button under the action center highlighted when no network/internet is available and the wi-fi button is on and the right the disclosure widget is highlighted as selecting it will provide options of wireless networks to connect to.

    2. If the button is white in color then you will want to turn on your WiFi by selecting the AirPort/Wifi symbol button.

      1. Picture of the wi-fi button turned off which it has its off white color to signify that it is off. You can select it to turn it back on.

  3. Select the appropriate wireless network (such as SOU-Guest) to connect.

    1. Picture of the SOU Guest network from the selection of wireless networks available highlighted.

You should be connected! If you are still struggling to connect then I must refer you to our Troubleshoot WiFi Connections page

How to connect on a Mac computer:

  1. Locate the AirPort/Wi-Fi status icon in the top-right corner of your screen.

    1. If this icon is missing, follow the instructions here to enable it.

    2. Picture of the wireless icon listed at the top of the mac within the notification center.

    Note

    If your status icon appears blank as depicted below, you will need to enable your wireless adapter before proceeding. Just click the icon, then select "Turn Wi-Fi On" or "Turn AirPort On" depending on which version of Mac OS X you're running.

    Picture of the airport symbol menu within an older MacOS notification center with the option turn wi-fi on selected.

  2. Once your wireless adapter is enabled, it should quickly present you with a list of all the available wireless networks within range of your computer.

  3. Find “SOU-Guest” in the list and click on it.

    1. Picture of the SOU Guest network selected within the menu of the wireless networks button also within the notification center.

 

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Author
Adrian Ulsted
Creation date
Nov 16, 2015
Last update
May 29, 2025
Publish date
Nov 16, 2015