Wireless Access

ECU has two wireless networks, the general-purpose Pirates and the secure Buccaneer.

Buccaneer is "secure" because transmissions between a user's device and the server are encrypted, and therefore, secure. Transmissions between your device and the server using Pirates are not encrypted.

Faculty and Staff

• Beginning this summer, ITCS will be using a new security service to manage how you connect to the ECU wireless network. This service will require both Windows and Apple (MAC) computers to meet specific requirements. Stay tuned for more information on this new security service.

• A university-owned* Windows laptop connects to the Buccaneer network through the Connect2ECU web page. The PirateID/passphrase are verified using the Cisco Clean Access Agent (CCA) authentication software. ITCS configures Buccaneer as the default network on university-owned laptops.

• Staff using a personal laptop on campus can choose to use either Pirates or Buccaneer.
  
  To connect to the secure Buccaneer network, download the Cisco Clean Access (CCA) software from the ECU Download Center. After install, the Connect2ECU web page will automatically open when you open a browser. Type in your PirateID/passphrase to connect.

• Buccaneer is the recommended network if accessing ECU resources such as a Piratedrive folder

• A university-owned* Mac laptop also connects to the Buccaneer network.

• To set up a personal Mac laptop to access the Buccaneer network by default, follow the instructions for either the Leopard X.5 or Tiger X.4 OS.

• Personal laptops - Mac or Windows - connect to the Pirates network through the Connect2ECU web page without authentication (no CCA software required).

• Another option for a personal Windows laptop is to set Buccaneer as the default network using the Non-Intra Instructions (recommended) or the Intel PROSet wireless connection client instructions.

  This is  not the recommended method for managing WiFi networks. Remember that the passphrase for the PROSet wireless configuration must be updated whenever the PirateID passphrase is changed (after the passphrase is changed but before the laptop is shut down).

*University-owned systems are purchased using state or grant funds.

Students, Guests and Vendors

• Students, guests and vendors using a laptop log on to the Pirates network.

• Guests and vendors are assigned a temporary PirateID and passphrase requested by their ECU staff sponsor.

Mobile Devices

• The Pirates network is available for mobile device users.