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AirRowdy Support

AirRowdy is UTSA's wireless network. It is available from any building at UTSA (Main Campus, Downtown Campus and The Institute of Texan Cultures).

You should connect to AirRowdy using a wireless network card that is 802.11b or 802.11g (Wi-Fi) compliant.  A web browser which supports SSL and Javascript is also required. 

Wireless Configuration Managers/Applications

Third party configuration applications are not supported by OIT for connection to AirRowdy. OIT recommends turning off third party configuration managers and using either Microsoft Windows® or the Macintosh Operating System to manage wireless network configurations. Step-by-step documentation to connect to AirRowdy using Microsoft Windows® or Macintosh are linked below.

General Wireless Configuration Settings

Although OIT does not support connections to AirRowdy with third party configuration managers, or by operating systems outside of the list below, it is still possible to connect to AirRowdy using the connection information provided.

Please refer to your operating system documentation or third party configuration software documentation on how or where to use this connection information.

Security Type:  WPA2-Enterprise

Encryption Type:  AES

Authentication Method:  Microsoft:  Protected EAP (PEAP)

When connecting, select to validate the server certificate.  The authentication server is nowire.utsarr.net

The specific Trusted Root Certification Authority used is VeriSign.

The PEAP Authentication method is Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2).  It is acceptable to be configured to automatically use your Windows logon name, password, and domain.

Supported Operating Systems

  • Mac Tiger

  • Mac Leopard

  • Mac Snow Leopard

  • Windows XP

  • Windows 7

Step-By-Step Configuration

AirRowdy Help

Students: If you are experiencing connection issues with AirRowdy, please visit one of the Student Computing Services Labs during regular hours for assistance.

- BB 2.01.20 (Main Campus)
- FS 2.400 (Downtown Campus)
- Library JPL Information Commons

Faculty / Staff: Please contact OITConnect at ext. 5555 or via e-mail at oitconnect@utsa.edu if you are experiencing connection issues with AirRowdy.

Designed & Maintained by The Office of Information Technology — Last update: June 2, 2011