Article – Registering a Gaming Device…

How to Register a Gaming Device

• If the gadget goes to be linked by wired Internet connection, it doesn’t have to be registered. Just join the gadget through an Ethernet cable to an energetic port in your dorm.

• Note that laptops, tablets, and cell telephones don’t have to be registered. Just hook up with the GV-Student WiFi and log in along with your GVSU username and password.

Visit the Device Registration request web page right here.

Click “Sign In” on the high right-hand nook of the window and register along with your GVSU community ID and password. Click “Submit a Ticket” on the fitting.

Verify that your identify is within the “Requester” discipline and enter the next data:

• MAC Address (12 characters lengthy, letters A-F, numbers 0-9); formatted XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
• Device Type
• If “Other” is chosen because the gadget kind, please embrace what kind of gadget it’s within the “Description” discipline.

Unable to Register?

If the gadget can’t hook up with the GV-GameNet Wi-Fi, test the MAC deal with (letters A-F and quantity 0-9 solely), and confirm that the MAC deal with is formatted correctly. MAC addresses observe the format “XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX“.

Some units show the MAC deal with as XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX or XXXXXXXXXXXX. When coming into the Service Request, be certain that the MAC deal with is formatted accurately, or the registration shall be rejected.

How to Located Device MAC Address

Registered Device Can’t Connect

If a registered gadget is unable to attach, please energy the gadget down and again on fully, then attempt the connection once more.

When restarting the gadget doesn’t resolve the problem, attempt the next:

• Forget the GV-GameNet Wi-Fi
• Restart the gadget
• Reconnect to GV-GameNet

When a registered gadget continues to be unable to hook up with GV-GameNet after the steps above, please submit a brand new registration request. Registered units are faraway from the system each three years. It is feasible that your gadget might have unintentionally been eliminated. If re-registering the gadget doesn’t resolve the problem, please contact IT Services at 616-331-2101 or it@gvsu.edu for additional troubleshooting help.

Please word that laptops, gaming computer systems, and cell telephones aren’t allowed to hook up with the GV-GameNet Wi-Fi and as a substitute should hook up with the GV-Student or GV-Faculty-Staff Wi-Fi networks.