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Procedure to configure Apple iPhone/iPod Touch to support Y5ZONE WIFI
   

A. Pre-requisite
B. Configuration Procedure
C. Important Notes

A. Pre-requisite

To access "Universities via Y5ZONE" provided by Y5ZONE, you must:

  • For HKU Portal account created before 5 June 2009, register to enable eduroam access by login HKU Portal => Campus Information Services => Central IT Services => Register to use WiFi service.
  • For HKU Portal account created on or after 5 June 2009, no registration is required.
  • Your iPhone/iPod Touch device must be upgraded to iPhone 2.0 (or above) Software Update. The Software Update supports WPA2 Enterprise with 802.1x authentication which is necessary for connecting to "Universities via Y5ZONE".

    To check Software Update version in your iPhone/iPod Touch device, tap Settings -> General -> About.

    For information, refer to http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/

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B. Configuration Procedure

The configuration steps and screenshots are tested and based on iPod Touch.

  1. Turn on your iPhone/iPod Touch and navigate to the home screen. Locate and Tap the Settings icon.




  2. Tap the Wi-Fi button.



  3. While you are at an Y5ZONE WiFi hotspot, ensure that WiFi is turned ON and tap "Universities via Y5ZONE".

  4. Enter your username and password.
    1. User Name:HKU Portal UID in the format of UID@hku.hk
    2. Password: HKU Portal PIN

  5. Tap Join

  6. You will be asked to accept a certificate the first time you connect. Click Accept to accept Equifax Secure Certificate.

  7. You should now see "Universities via Y5ZONE" as your selected network.

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C. Security Note

  1. Since HKU Portal UID and PIN are employed to login "Universities via Y5ZONE", as a better password security measure, you would be asked to change your HKU Portal PIN if you have not changed it for six months.

  2. For iPhone and iPod Touch, when a user login "Universities via Y5ZONE" successfully, the HKU Portal UID and PIN will be cached in the device so that the UID/PIN are not required for sequential connection to "Universities via Y5ZONE" . While it is convenient, however, this can also be a security threat; for example, any transfer of a user’s device to another person without clearing the cached password would potentially expose his HKU Portal UID/PIN to other people.

    To clear cached password, tap Settings -> Wi-Fi and tap next to "Universities via Y5ZONE" network. Then tap Forget this Network.

  3. When connecting to Y5ZONE WiFi, users must connect to SSID "Universities via Y5ZONE".

  4. Please DO NOT connect to SSID "Y5ZONE". This SSID is set up for Y5ZONE WiFi service subscribers only.

  5. Starting from 1/1/2009, the SSID "JUCC" will be replaced by SSID "Universities via Y5ZONE".


Last updated on 27 Nov, 2008.

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