Use your laptop across campus! Configure your own laptop for wireless on MCC's campus and in just a few minutes you are ready to access your email, Blackboard and other Internet functions.
Wireless is available throughout the MCC main campus and at our satellite locations. Remember that distance from the router and differences in laptop computers and other devices determine your signal strength.
If you are having difficulty using MCC's wireless network contact the Help Desk 1208 Curtice-Mott Complex or call (810) 767-4357.
Eduroam is an international WiFi service for users in research, higher education and further education. It provides researchers, teachers, and students easy and secure network access when visiting an institution other than their own. It is our preferred way to connect for students, staff, and faculty.
Open wifi and connect to eduroam
When prompted type in full email address and account password. It is important to use the full email address so when users visit another campus, it will work properly.
When prompted, trust the networkaccess.mcc.edu certificate.
Select the eduroam network to connect to, and on the screen that opens up, click on the certificate drop down and select "Do Not Validate".
When prompted, trust the networkaccess.mcc.edu certificate.Type in your full email address in the Identity section, along with your Mott password. Leave anonymous identity blank if shown.
Leave all settings default except for “Server CA Certificate”, select “Do Not Check” from drop-down as shown.
Scroll down and type in your email address into “Identity” and password, select connect.
When you connect to eduroam you may see the following prompt, select "Connect".
Enter in your full Mott email address and password to connect.
Enter your Mott email address and password into the prompt
Click "Continue" on the following screen
Next you will need to enter your Keychain password. This is specific to your computer, and is normally created when you first bought the computer.
Mott Community College (MCC) operates a campus wide wireless network. Guest access is provided free of charge through "MOTTGuest" wifi, but does require you to authenticate with either a valid email or facebook account. Please note that all these directions can be found by connecting to the Mott wireless network and following the onscreen directions.
Using an existing Facebook account to authenticate is the easiest and quickest method to use the Mott wireless network as a guest.
Step 1:
On your wireless device connect to the wireless network named "MottGuest" (*not*
Mott1X)
Most modern operating systems will at this point bring up the "login page", if
your device doesn’t please open a web browser on your device and attempt to go to
any website, you will be redirected to the captive portal page.
Step 2:
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page and click on the link called "Login
with Facebook account"
Step 3:
Enter the requested information, click "log in" and you are all set until midnight
the same day.
If you would rather not use your facebook account or don’t have a facebook account and you want to use the Mott wireless account as a guest you can use a valid email account. This process involves providing Mott with a working email address, it must be a real and functioning email account as you will be required to validate it by clicking on a link sent to that email address, you will have 10 minutes of access to complete this process.
Step 1:
On your wireless device connect to the wireless network named "MottGuest" (*not* Mott1X)
Most modern operating systems will at this point bring up the "login page", if your device doesn’t please open a web browser on your device and attempt to go to any website, you will be redirected to the captive portal page.
Step 2:
Scroll down toward the bottom of the page and click on the link called "Guest
sign up"
Step 3:
Enter the requested information. Review the Terms, then click the Register by
Email button.
Step 4:
At this point, depending on your device you may need to rejoin the Mott wireless
network (some devices will do this automatically). You will now have full internet
access for 10 minutes. Please check the email that you provided and verify by clicking
on the link in the email. You will then see a "access granted" response. You may then
use your device as normal for the remainder of the day.
