
In this case, I'd rather connect to WiFi-UNI, it is faster and more secure for UNI faculty, students, and staff. Click and drag your desired network to the top of the list.

In this example, our laptop is prioritizing a connection to the attwifi network over the UNI-WiFi network.Ĥ. If your laptop is often connecting to a different WiFi network than you expected, it might be because your desired network is prioritized lower. In the center of the advanced settings panel, you'll see a large box with a list of WiFi networks, called Preferred Networks. On the network preferences settings panel, ensure that the Wi-Fi adapter is selected in the list on the left-hand side of the panel, then click on the Advanced button in the lower right-hand corner.ģ. After booting and logging into your Mac, look at the menu bar in the top right-hand corner for the wireless networks icon. The following instructions will walk you through checking your WiFi network priority list and ensuring that WiFi-UNI is at the top for the quickest and surest connection while on campus.ġ. This can sometimes be an issue while on campus if you have connected to the attwifi network in the past and your Mac is prioritizing it above the WiFi-UNI network.

Step 5: Click Save to save the current configuration.Your Mac OS X-based laptop will try to connect to available WiFi networks in the order they are listed in the networking preferences. If you want to remove a priority assignment from a device and return it to the All Devices list, click the cross icon in the top right of the device card.Ī maximum of one device can be assigned Highest priority.Ī maximum of two devices can be assigned High priority.Ī maximum of eight devices can be assigned Medium priority. Step 4: To assign a priority level to a device, drag the device card from the Connected Clients list to an empty slot and release the mouse button. Step 3: Move the cursor to the Features tab and then click QoS Engine from the drop-down menu.

If you have not changed this password from the default, leave the field blank.

Step 2: Enter the password for your Admin account in the field provided. Step 1: Open an Internet browser (such as Internet Explorer) and enter or into the address bar. For example, if one client is streaming a movie and another is downloading a non-urgent file, you might wish to assign the former device a higher priority than the latter so that the movie streaming is not disrupted by the traffic of the other device on the network. Note: This QoS Engine will allow you to prioritize particular clients over others, so that those clients receive higher bandwidth.
