Connecting Your Personal Devices to Western IT Resources
Settings you may need to connect your personal devices to the Western State College network and other services.
IMPORTANT: As stated in College IT policy, IT Services can NOT assist with devices that do not belong to the College. IT Services also cannot guarantee your device will work with College resources.
If you wish to use your personal device (smart phone, tablet, pc, etc.) to access College resources below are the settings you may need to connect.
Connecting to the Western email server (Exchange)
The settings commonly required to connect to the Western Microsoft Exchange server with 'smart phones' or other devices are:
- mail server type: Exchange
- mail server name: exchange.western.edu
- domain: WSC
- username: Your standard username (e.g. fac_, vps_ etc.)
- email alias: your-email@western.edu
- Say yes to select: Use SSH
Connecting to campus wireless networks
IT Services provides two wireless network SSID's. College Campus Wifi is an unencrypted network intended primarily for basic internet use by students and guests. Western is encrypted network used by all campus owned computers (connection instructions).
Network Access Control
All devices connecting to the network must meet a minimum set of requirements before the system will be allowed access. After connection to one the the two wireless networks described above, open a web browser to be redirected to the access control portal (https://accesscontrol.western.edu). Log in with your standard campus username and password. You will then be directed through a series of installs and checks to ensure your system is up to date and meets minimum requirements. If your system does not, you will be given temporary access and basic remediation instructions.
Connecting to campus resources
IT Services uses secure access control portal (https://access.western.edu) to allow access to certan campus IT resources. These resources available are based on your role at the college (e.g. student, faculty, staff, etc.).
Potential resources include:
- My Documents folders
- Teacher Folders
- Lab Software Terminal Servers (full software suite used in campus academic and student labs)
- Staff Software Terminal Servers (software commonly used by adminstrative staff and faculty for office tasks)
For further information on the secure portal, see Off Campus Access.
