Connecting your Mac to DET Wireless Network

Macintosh

Connecting to DET Wireless Network

1.              Open “System Preferences”

2.         Open “Network”

3. Under Location, “Edit Locations”

4. Click on the “+” and name the new location “DET wireless” or “School Wireless”

Click “Done”

5. Select “Wi-Fi”

6. From the drop down menu select “DETDATA”

7. You will be asked to enter in the WIFI password for this network.  You can obtain this from your school IT Coordinator. 

8. Click “Apply”

9. Click “Advanced”

10.  Click on “Proxies”

11. Tick “Web Proxy HTTP”

Enter in the details as follows”

Web Proxy Server:                 proxy.det.nsw.edu.au

Port:                                        8080

Tick:                                        “Proxy server requires password”

Username:                              Your DET username

Password:                               Your DET password

12. Tick “Secure Web Proxy HTTPS”

Enter in the details as follows”

Web Proxy Server:                 proxy.det.nsw.edu.au

Port:                                        8080

Tick:                                        “Proxy server requires password”

Username:                              Your DET username

Password:                               Your DET password

13. Click “OK”

14. Click “Apply”

Note:

You may want to add a new location and name it “Home” so that you can easily switch between home and school when you take your laptop to and from work.  If you keep the proxy settings set when you try to use a different network you will not be able to connect to the internet.  So rather than having to un-tick the proxy settings between different locations you will just have to select the location you’re at from the drop down menu and click apply.  That will automatically turn off the proxy settings when you select your current location.