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Dec 2015
A free Wi-Fi service to OUHK alumni is now available inside OUHK's campuses. Alumni come back to OUHK campus visiting or attending an event can connect his/her device to Internet wirelessly.
July 2015
To facilitate the free Internet surfing to public and visitors in Hong Kong, OUHK has joined the "Wi-Fi.HK" scheme which is greatly promoted by Hong Kong Government, and SSID Wi-Fi.HK via OUHK is now announced within OUHK WLAN to provide this free service. The SSID can be located within public area of OUHK venues.
January 2015
Wi-Fi service in OCLC (OUHK-CITA Learning Centre) has been upgraded to support newer Wi-Fi standard IEEE 802.11ac. After the upgrade practice, the performance to serve mobile devices on this site is significantly enhanced.
June 2012
Wi-Fi service is has
recently extended it's coverage to Siu Tsang Fung Kwan Square (outside OU Club).
Wi-Fi service is has
recently upgraded its Internet bandwidth and Wi-Fi performance in terms of
coverage, security, and stability.
Internet bandwidth:
Upgraded from 140 Mbps to 240Mbps
Wi-Fi coverage:
Block B (-1/F)
Block C (most areas)
Self-study rooms
Student Union
Auditoriums (P01, G01, C0311) ( support 300 concurrent
connections in P01)
Council Chamber
Roof Garden
Canteen (OU Club)
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Wi-Fi security:
More
secure Wi-Fi encryption and authentication protocol ¡§WPA2/AES¡¨ is supported. The
existing WPA protocol will be phased out
Wi-Fi access:
A new
¡§OUHK-Guest¡¨ account is available for visitors and guests to use
For support and enquiry, please contact our on-duty staff in the PC Laboratories, call the technical support hotline (27112100), or use the email (dialup@ouhk.edu.hk).
April 2011
To provide you with a more secure Wi-Fi environment for wireless network connection when you are using your own equipment, ITU is going to upgrade our digital certificate authentication from using 1024 bit to 2048 bit during 13-15 April 2011.
(a) Users of following computer operating systems should have downloaded and applied certain patch file before you can be use our Wi-Fi after 13-15 April.
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User action required |
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(b) Users of following computer operating systems will only receive a dialogue message to confirm the certificate renewal process at your first time access before you can use our Wi-Fi after 13-15 April
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User action required |
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Upgrade schedule:
| Upgrade Date | SSID(s) |
| 13-Apr-2011 | OUHK-Staff |
| 14-Apr-2011 | OUHK-Student |
| 15-Apr-2011 | eduroam; Universities via CSL; Universities via Y5ZONE |
January 2010
WiFi service is now extended to cover OUHK-CITA Learning Centre (Lai King OCLC). completed. This includes the venues: classrooms, student common room, PC laboratories, car park, staff offices and lobby in ground floor.
September 2009
WiFi service is now extended to cover OUHK Course Materials Distribution Centre (Kwun Tong CMDC).
January 2009
The University-wide WiFi services is completed.
The service is widely available in main campus, HPLC and ILC including
classrooms, self-study rooms, lecture theaters, library, laboratories, meeting
rooms, staff offices and all other public areas. It is planned to cover LiPACE
Office and CMDC by first half of 2009. The upgrade can bring convenience in
accessing our online computer systems anywhere anytime.
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December 2008
Backed by popular demand and in order to provide WiFi access before the examination period, the University has made special arrangement to provide the services in self-study rooms and library area as specified below. The service is expected to be available beginning from 11/12 (Thu) and will be completed by 12/12 (Fri) in the following sequence (Table 1). On the other hand, some of the existing locations (Table 2) will be temporarily suspended until the University-wide WiFi service is completed (target by end of December).
(Table 1)
| Level | Area |
| C0310 | Self-study room |
| C0513 | Self-study room |
| C0515 | Open area |
| C0610 | Self-study room |
| C0615 | Open area |
| C0717 | Self-study room |
| C0817 | Self-study room |
| B1 | Library 1/F |
| B2 | Library 2/F |
| C1 | Library 1/F L0130 (Newspapers reading area) |
(Table 2)
| Level | Area |
| -1/F | G38 self-study room |
| A0420 | Tutorial room |
| A0621 | ITU |
| B0509 | ITU |
| ILC | L12 |
| L0119 | AV room |
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December 2007
Further to the enhancement of Wi-Fi services outside campus, a joint collaboration from major Hong Kong universities with Y5Zone has been made that active students, staff and tutors of the participating universities can enjoy free Wi-Fi services at Y5Zone hotspots. Similar to existing Wi-Fi hotspot services provided by CSL, OUHK users can access Internet with their Wi-Fi devices after authenticating their credentials with the home University infrastructure. Updated locations of Y5Zone Wi-Fi hotspots can be found under Hotspot Locator in : http://www.y5zone.com
The following logo can be noticed at the the hot-spot locations
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August 2007
In enhancing the Wi-Fi access coverage, a joint collaboration from major Hong Kong universities with CSL Wi-Fi was made that staff, tutors and full-time students of the participating universities can enjoy free Wi-Fi services at CSL Wi-Fi hotspots. are specified publicly-accessible locations with installed Wi-Fi facilities, where Universities users can access Internet with their Wi-Fi devices after authenticating their credentials with the home University infrastructure. Updated locations of CSL Wi-Fi hotspots can be referred to : http://www.cslwifi.com/index.html or http://www.cslwifi.com/cn/index.html
The following logo can be noticed at the the hot-spot locations
For setting your Wi-Fi devices to use the above service, please check the Configuration
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July 2007
More OS support : the most recent version Windows version - Vista is now supported by OUHK Wireless LAN infrastructure. Both modes of authentication are available (Captive Portal and WPA), users can refer to Configuration to setup their Vista-based notebook PCs.
About eduroam : For the eduroam services, there are more member institutions to join in : Hong Kong University ; Hong Kong Institute of Education(May-2007); City University of Hong Kong and Lingnan University (July-2007). This means that their staff and full-time students can use the Wi-Fi facilities of the eduroam member institutions after authenticating with the credentials of their home Universities.
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January 2007
Wifi now widely available at OUHK. From end of January until late February, more WiFi access points will be installed to cover all the areas (except offices and some parts of the library) at the Homantin campus, Homantin Plaza Learning Centre and Island Learning Centre. For detailed schedule, please check the Locations.
Wifi Printing. You can use your web browser to connect to a network print queue for printing. For configuration, please check the Configurations.
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November 2006
Secure 802.1x connection. A new authentication method which uses the WPA to provide a secure
connection by encrypting all network traffic.
is now available to all OUHK users. It provides a convenient wireless access while visiting overseas universities. With eduroam, students and staff members of an institution, can make use of the credentials provided by their institution to logon the Wireless Network of another institution, who is also a member of eduroam. When logging into the network at another institution, a user's credentials will be sent to his/her home institution for verification. If the information is correct, the user will then be allowed to logon the network. Click here for more information on eduroam and its member list.
For the updated list of participating members in Hong Kong, you can refer to http://www.eduroam.hk/participants.html
You can find this logo in locations where wireless LAN service is available.
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