{"id":162196,"date":"2026-07-01T14:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?p=162196"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:58:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:58:27","slug":"wireless-certificate-update-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/2026\/07\/01\/wireless-certificate-update-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Update: Wireless Certificate &#8211; Tue 7\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>We will perform our annual wireless certificate update on <b>Tuesday, July 7, 2026<\/b>, which may prompt you to accept a new certificate the next time you connect to wireless on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This update is part of broader, ongoing initiatives to enhance wireless service across campus. Campus Wi-Fi improvements continue annually as we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/crc-refresh\/\" data-outlook-id=\"4f1dda7a-7cd7-4ece-9fcd-8b43f5add937\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/crc-refresh\/\">upgrade wireless access points<\/a>\u00a0to enhance coverage and performance. These upgrades aim to provide better security, reliability, and support for the growing number of devices used by our campus community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN?<\/b><br \/>\nOn <b>Tuesday, July 7, 2026<\/b>, IS&amp;T will perform the annual Boston University wireless certificate update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><b>HOW WILL I BE IMPACTED?<\/b><br \/>\nAs part of this update, your device may prompt you to accept the new <b>radius.bu.edu<\/b>\u00a0certificate. You may only need to accept this new certificate once to continue using wireless services.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>If prompted:<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove the BU wireless network options.<\/li>\n<li>Reconnect using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/eduroam\/\" data-outlook-id=\"2ac0e358-35c0-4672-9dd0-d4cc5a359f91\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/eduroam\/\">eduroam wireless network<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For detailed directions on reconnecting or reconfiguring your device, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/eduroam\/\" data-outlook-id=\"f20271b8-4a2b-4882-bc09-48bdddb04f85\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/eduroam\/\">eduroam page<\/a>\u00a0on TechWeb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>For help or assistance anytime, please contact the IT Help Center by sending an email to <a href=\"mailto:ithelp@bu.edu\" data-outlook-id=\"bda26e26-b69a-425f-9ff2-5177b997756c\" title=\"mailto:ithelp@bu.edu\">ithelp@bu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or calling <a href=\"tel:617-353-4357\" data-outlook-id=\"1e791960-eb6c-47dc-aa8f-a1b4fc23d1d9\" title=\"tel:617-353-4357\">617-353-HELP(4357)<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><span>Thank you for working with us as we continue to improve BU\u2019s campus WiFi.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will perform our annual wireless certificate update on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, which may prompt you to accept a new certificate the next time you connect to wireless on campus. This update is part of broader, ongoing initiatives to enhance wireless service across campus. Campus Wi-Fi improvements continue annually as we upgrade wireless access&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[795],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162198,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162196\/revisions\/162198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}