Student and Staff Wireless Access Instructions

Joining the DCPS Wireless Network via Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policy

Overview:

A BYOD policy, or bring-your-own-device policy, is a set of rules governing our District’s IT Department level of support.  Personally owned devices such as smartphones, laptops, tablets that may include Windows, Android and IOS operating systems require a level of authentication before being able to gain access to resources on our network such as Internet Access.  

In order to provide a secure and safe environment for our staff and students we have new procedures that have to be followed when bringing a personally owned device into the school division and connecting it to the DCPS Wireless Network.  We encourage BYOD and have no issues at all giving you the access you need, we are just doing it a little differently now to provide a level of transparency of how we categorize, recognize and protect each endpoint and user.  We will always be here to help assist in this installation if you need help.

Obtaining Wireless Access:

Joining the DCPS Wireless Network

On your BYOD device, if you haven’t already joined DCPS Wireless, the information to join is below.

  1. SSID - DCPS Wireless

  2. Password - dcpswifi026

     3.  Once you connect your wireless device, you will be redirected to our Aerohive Acceptable Use Policy Page, from there you will click Accept.  Give this about 10 seconds and then the your device will redirect you to login to the ContentKeeper login page.  Use the same username and password as if you were logging into a computer already managed on our network.

  1. Click Done after logging into ContentKeeper.

Installing the Root Certificate

By installing this certificate, any websites that we are decrypting such as Google, YouTube, Bing and Yahoo you will not receive any SSL errors or page cannot be displayed notifications. Please see the instructions below that pertains to which device you will be using so the certificate gets installed correctly to your device.  Read carefully and pay close attention to the areas outlined in Red.

ContentKeeper Root Certification Installation

Certificate:

Please install and trust the root certificate on your device.

Device specific instructions for installing the certificate:

Internet Explorer (Win 7 and Win 8)

  1. Click the 'Root Certificate' button

  2. Click 'Open' to open the downloaded certificate

  3. Click 'Install Certificate'

  4. Click Next'

  5. Click 'Place all certificates in the following store'

  6. Click 'Browse'

  7. Choose 'Trusted Root Certification Authorities'

  8. Click 'OK'

  9. Click Next'

  10. Click 'Finish'

  11. Click 'Yes' to install the certificate

  12. Click 'OK' twice

Firefox

  1. Save the file to your computer

  2. In Firefox Options, go to 'Privacy and Security' then 'View Certificates'

  3. Ensure the 'Authorities' tab is selected

  4. Click the 'Import button and select the file you just downloaded

  5. Check the box beside 'Trust this CA to identify websites'

  6. Click 'OK' and 'OK'

iPhone/iPad

  1. Touch the 'Root Certificate' button

  2. Click 'Install' to trust the Root CA

  3. Enter your device passcode if prompted

  4. Click 'Install' again, and then 'Install' a final time

  5. While in Settings, go to General -> About - Certificate Trust Settings

  6. Enable full trust for the ContentKeeper certificate

  7. Click Continue on the Root Certificate pop-up

Chromebook

  1. Click the 'Root Certificate' button

  2. In the Chrome address bar type: chrome://settings/certificates

  3. Click the 'Authorities' tab

  4. Click the 'Import' button

  5. Select the 'ckroot.crt' file that you downloaded in step 2, and click 'Open'

  6. Check the 'Trust this certificate for identifying websites'

  7. Click 'OK'

  8. Click 'Done'

Android

You must set a screen unlock PIN or password for Android to allow the steps below

  1. Click the Root Certificate' button

  2. In the 'Certificate name' field enter 'ck'

  3. In the 'Credential use' field, leave the selection at 'VPN and apps'

  4. Click 'OK'

  5. Mac

    1. Click the 'Root Certificate' button

    2. Double-click the downloaded kroot.crt from your Downloads folder on your Mac

    3. Enter your Mac's admin username and password if prompted

    4. Choose 'System' from the keychain drop-down list

    5. Double-click the certificate called 'ContentKeeper Root CA'

    6. Expand the 'Trust' section and change 'When using this certificate' to 'Always Trust'

    7. Close the pop-up

    8. Enter your Mac's admin username and password if prompted

    9. Quit the Keychain Application