Mobile Devices at UVa

Connect a Palm Treo to the UVa Network

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We recommend you apply all hardware and software updates and patches to your Palm (e.g., Treo 650/680/700P/755P) before you begin the connection process.

First-Time Palm Setup Instructions: An Overview

  1. Register your Palm on the UVa network. Before you do anything else, you must first do this. How to register your Palm Treo on the UVa network.
  2. Connect to UVa’s wahoo wireless network. How to connect your Palm Treo to the unencrypted wireless network.
  3. Configure for your UVa Exchange account. How to configure your Palm Treo for your UVa Exchange account.

Step 1: Register Your Palm Treo on the UVa Network.

  1. Find your device’s MAC address, so you can register its network card. The MAC (Media Access Control) address, also known as a “network card address” or “physical address,” uniquely identifies your device to the UVa network.

    Note that the Network Card Address/Physical Address/MAC Address is an alphanumeric value, which is listed in six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-). For example: 01-2B-C5-67-89-ab.

    To find your Treo’s Network Card Address/Physical Address/MAC Address:

    1. Select System, then Preferences, then Network.
    2. Make a note of the address for the wireless card in your Treo.
  2. Register your device’s wireless card for use on the UVa network. On your computer, go to the UVa Network Registration website. Then:
    1. Click the Already Registered link.
    2. Under Faculty, Staff, and Students, click the Enter button. If needed, log into NetBadge.
    3. Click the Register a device for network access link.
    4. In the Physical/Hardware Address field, type the Network Card Address/Physical Address/MAC Address for your Treo’s wireless card, which you just looked up.
    5. From the This is a wireless device dropdown menu, select Yes.
    6. From the Contact Group dropdown menu, select No Group.
    7. Leave the Asset Tag (optional) field blank.
    8. Leave the Serial Number (optional) field blank.
    9. To differentiate this device from your other registered devices, in the Identifying Notes (e.g. Make/Model, Location) field, type some identifying information such as your UVa computing ID (example: mst3k) and the type of Palm device you have (Treo 650/680/700P/755P).
    10. Click the Submit Registration button.

Step 2: Connect Your Palm Treo to UVa’s Unencrypted wahoo Wireless Network.

Note: To do this, your Palm device must have a wireless card. (Most do.)

  1. On your Palm Treo device, go to Start.

  2. Select Settings, then Connections, then Wi-Fi.
  3. In the Configure Wireless Networks field, type wahoo.
  4. In Configure Network Authentication:
  5. For Authentication, select Open.
  6. For Data Encryption, select Disabled.
  7. Click Finish.
    • To test your configuration, make sure you are in an area where UVa’s unencrypted wahoo network is available (you will see the secure network, cavalier, listed anytime you are in range of wahoo, even though wahoo may not display), and then attempt to connect.

After you have configured your device to use UVa’s unencrypted wahoo wireless network (where it is available), your Palm Treo smartphone will autodetect the network from then on, and you will be able to send and receive email or access the Internet using it. Should your device fail to autodetect the network when you are within range, you will need to manually select the UVa unencrypted wahoo wireless network.

Step 3: Configure Your Palm Treo for Your UVa Exchange Account.

Continue by configuring your Palm Treo to connect to your email account on the UVa Exchange Service.

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