- Knowledge Base
- Devices, Printing & Scanning
- Smart & Consumer Devices
Explains why smart lights, smart bulbs, smart switches, and similar consumer smart home devices cannot be set up or used on Bowdoin's campus network due to WPA2-Enterprise security and network segmentation. Applies to students in dorm rooms and employees in offices.
- Knowledge Base
- Internet & Networking
- Troubleshooting Wi-Fi
Troubleshooting steps for gaming consoles, smart TVs, streaming devices, and other consumer electronics that will not connect to Bowdoin's BOWDOIN-PSK wireless network. Covers double registration conflicts, wrong or expired passwords, unsupported devices, and MAC address randomization.