- Aug 27, 2014
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My problem is two fold. The main issue is that I have to use my laptop for labs for class, we have to connect to a remote Linux server, I use windows and therefore am using PuTTY. The issue is that when I was sitting in class and tried to connect to the University's network I got the error message "The server could not validate your credentials, this could be a rouge network" something similar to that after I put in my credentials.
I was given the option to terminate the connection, or connect anyway, I chose to connect anyway because I know that the network is safe. After I chose connect anyway I was given limited access to the network, but had absolutely no connection to the internet. This wouldn't be too strange, except that when I tried to disconnect and connect again, when I put in my credentials again, windows eventually said the connection was unsuccessful, and I didn't even get limited access.
I went to talk to the tech people in the University Library and I was able to get a full connection, no problems whatsoever. They said that the problem could have been an old certificate for the network, but upon checking we found that that was not the case.
I left the library and went back to the room where I first tried to connect and I was prompted to log in with my credentials to the network, but windows was not able to identify the network, the blue circle on the network and sharing page just kept churning while around me I saw fellow students using their laptops obviously connected to the internet.
The second problem is that earlier I tried to install drivers for my laptop's wireless networking devices, which I was successful in doing, but when I restarted my computer, Windows would not load and I was forced to do a hard reset and run Windows Start up repair, and the connection problem still persisted.
I can live with solving this driver problem another day, but I need my laptop to connect to the internet to do the lab work, anything anybody can come up with will help, I'm just desperate because nobody at my school seems to know what is going on, they say that the network is spotty, but at the same time most of my class during the time I couldn't connect did have a connection to the university network and were able to do the lab. Once again, anything helps, and thank you in advance.
I was given the option to terminate the connection, or connect anyway, I chose to connect anyway because I know that the network is safe. After I chose connect anyway I was given limited access to the network, but had absolutely no connection to the internet. This wouldn't be too strange, except that when I tried to disconnect and connect again, when I put in my credentials again, windows eventually said the connection was unsuccessful, and I didn't even get limited access.
I went to talk to the tech people in the University Library and I was able to get a full connection, no problems whatsoever. They said that the problem could have been an old certificate for the network, but upon checking we found that that was not the case.
I left the library and went back to the room where I first tried to connect and I was prompted to log in with my credentials to the network, but windows was not able to identify the network, the blue circle on the network and sharing page just kept churning while around me I saw fellow students using their laptops obviously connected to the internet.
The second problem is that earlier I tried to install drivers for my laptop's wireless networking devices, which I was successful in doing, but when I restarted my computer, Windows would not load and I was forced to do a hard reset and run Windows Start up repair, and the connection problem still persisted.
I can live with solving this driver problem another day, but I need my laptop to connect to the internet to do the lab work, anything anybody can come up with will help, I'm just desperate because nobody at my school seems to know what is going on, they say that the network is spotty, but at the same time most of my class during the time I couldn't connect did have a connection to the university network and were able to do the lab. Once again, anything helps, and thank you in advance.
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