Requirements (Staff and Students)
- University
of Nairobi email account
- Network
Access Account
- Wifi
enabled Laptop or Desktop
SSIDs
WiFi LANs employ unique labels called Service Set
Identifiers (SSID) to distinguish one wireless LAN from another. You
will observe two prominent SSIDs on your WiFi enabled laptop/PC while at the
University hotspots; chemichemi and chemiweb. You
may use either of the SSIDs. chemiweb is easier to set-up but
less secure. chemichemi requires a few configurations, but
secure.
Wifi Coverage Areas
- Halls
of residence
- Main
campus
- ADD,
CCU
- Engineering
(American Engineering Building)
- Chiromo
campus
- Lower
kabete campus
This site provides information about the University of
Nairobi Wireless Network (Wifi). Here, you will find information about
locations covered by the wifi, configuration of your laptops/PCs, accessing the
internet and answers to common questions.
Creating a Network Access Account (Students)
Requirements for students
- You
need to be registered on the Students Management Information System
(SMIS) and,
- You
need a UoN student email address. Click here to create a UoN
student email.
To access the wifi network, you need to create a Network
Access Account which will be your identity on the network. The account
will be in the following format: C01/12345/2010. The password will
be sent to your UoN email account.
- Open
the Create Network Access page
- Provide
your registration number. Format: C01/12345/2010
- Provide
your ID/Passport number *As supplied in the Students
Management Information System (SMIS)
- Provide
your UoN student email
- Type
in the random code – CaSE SeNsItIVE
- Click
on Login button to create your account
- If
successful, your account will be created with the format C01/12345/2010 and
password and log in instructions sent to your email account
- If NOT
successful, confirm the format of your registration number, ID/Passport
number or e-mail.
- Open
Wireless Network Connection
- Set
your machine to obtain IP addresses automatically
- Wireless
Security Settings
- Configure
Browser Settings
- Connecting
to the internet
- Windows
XP – Step by step
- Windows
7 – Step by step
Accessing the Internet
At this point, the network status icon on the status bar
(near time) should be showing connected.
- Open
your browser
- Type
the url of the website you want to access e.g. www.google.com
- On the
pop-up window Authentication Required
- For
students user name: REGISTRATION NUMBER@students e.g. C01/12345/2010@students
- Type in your password (network access account password sent on email)
- For staff user name: email@staff e.g. johndoef@staff
- Type in your password (same one use for email).