{"id":133119,"date":"2026-10-16T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=133119"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:07:48","slug":"connecting-to-bishopnet-wi-fi-just-got-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/connecting-to-bishopnet-wi-fi-just-got-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting to BishopNet Wi-Fi Just Got Easier!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting your phone, laptop, or tablet to campus Wi-Fi has been streamlined.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, connecting to <b>BishopNet<\/b> required a two-step process: signing into the network and then manually registering your device on a separate website. Thanks to a new automation effort by Information Services, step two is no longer required.<\/p>\n<p>Now, simply select <b>BishopNet<\/b> from your Wi-Fi list and log in with your OWU credentials. Your device will automatically register and connect you directly to the internet.<\/p>\n<p>This improvement was driven by valuable student feedback and made possible by the dedicated work of our Information Services team.<\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Smart TVs, gaming consoles, and other IoT (Internet of Things) devices will still need to be manually registered. Instructions for those devices can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/helpdesk.owu.edu\/questions\/48628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/helpdesk.owu.edu\/questions\/48628&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1792201992218000&amp;usg=AOvVaw00a5_u8uqNqZnTvNkrqAJZ\">OWU Helpdesk website<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsor: Information Services<br \/>\nContact: Jason Cox at <a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpdesk@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting your phone, laptop, or tablet to campus Wi-Fi has been streamlined. Previously, connecting to BishopNet required a two-step process: signing into the network and then manually registering your device on a separate website. Thanks to a new automation effort by Information Services, step two is no longer required. Now, simply select BishopNet from your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133120,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133119\/revisions\/133120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}