Connectivity

Wireless connectivity is available throughout campus.

Personal wireless access points are NOT permitted on the Academy network.

The Academy provides 24×7 Internet access; however, IT performs routine maintenance causing interruption to network services. Visit our Information Technology site on ExeterConnect for General Maintenance information.

The Academy has three wireless networks:

PEA-Secure

An encrypted WiFi network for students, faculty and staff. You must have a network account to register your device.

Windows, Mac, and iOS devices:

Select PEA-Secure from your list of available wireless networks
Enter your Academy username and password (NOT your Exeter email address)
Accept (or Trust) the certificate. From a Mac, you may be prompted for your Mac administrative username and password to save the Certificate Trust Settings
Wait five to ten seconds and your device registration will be complete
Open a browser and you are ready to surf the web

iPhone v. 14 and above. You may need to disable Private Address in your PEA-Secure WiFi setting to complete the network registration. If you are having trouble connecting to website from your iPhones/iPads turn off Private Relay. To turn of Private Relay, go to Settings > Apple Id, iCloud + > iCloud > turn off Private Relay.

Android and Chromebooks

Select PEA-Secure from your list of available wireless networks
Enter the following information, if prompted. NOTE: Not all Android devices require the same information. For Amazon Kindles, you may be prompted to enter a domain, enter exeter.edu
- EAP method: PEAP
- Phase 2 Authentication: MSCHAPV2
- CA certificate: “Unspecified’ or ‘n/a’ or ‘Use system certificates’ or ‘Do not check’ or ‘Do not validate’
- TLS Version: TLS v1.2
- User certificate or Online certificate status: ‘Unspecified’ or ‘Do not verify’
- Domain, enter exeter.edu
- Identity: your username (not Exeter email address)
- Password: Exeter password
- Anonymous Identity: Leave blank or remove the word Anonymous if populated
Click “Connect” button
Accept the certificate, if prompted
Open a browser and you are ready to surf the web

PEA-Guest

An unsecure WiFi network for guests. Requires your email address, first and last name, cell phone (optional). To register, you must be able to access your email or receive a text message to enter a code on the registration page.

Guests must register their devices to connect to wireless access at Phillips Exeter Academy.

To register for guest access:

Select PEA-Guest from the list of available wireless networks
A Network Registration webpage will appear
Accept the Acceptable Use Policy
Complete the Guest Registration form and click Request Access
You will be redirected to a WELCOME GUEST page with your email address and password populated
A success page will appear with a bar counting down to complete your registration
Once registered, you are ready to surf the web

If you have additional devices to register at the same time, look for the email with your email address and password.

Guest registrations last for seven days. Repeat to extend your registration beyond seven days.

Faculty Family

An encrypted Wifi network for faculty family members.
It can also be used to capture the MAC address on devices such as Google Home, smart lights, etc., requiring an encrypted connection to view the MAC address prior to registering a device to the network. Visit the Information Technology site on ExeterConnect for Faculty Family information.

Registering Apple TV, Game Station Console, or other non-browser device

Non-browser devices cannot be registered to PEA-Secure, they must be on the PEA-Guest wireless network in order to register. You will need the Media Access Control Address (MAC) of the device to register it. The MAC address is usually found on the network configuration page of the device, or an app associated with the device. Learn how to find your MAC address.

Note: If your device does not support “open networks” you will NOT be able to register it on the Academy network.

Once you have obtained the MAC address go to

https://r-r.exeter.edu/registration/GameRegister.jsp to register the device.

Smart devices such as those from Amazon and Google, lights, and plugs can be registered from any location on campus. These devices must be connected to PEA-Guest network. If you encounter a problem, you may need to connect to Faculty Family to register initially. See How to Find MAC Address below for specific devices.

To register these devices, you’ll need:

Smart device
MAC address of the device (example MAC address 01:AB:C4:XX:90:E3) Learn how to find your MAC address
Device power adapter (if required)
Phone with smart app installed

Improve your Wifi Experience:

Register all devices connecting to the Academy network (including smart devices such as Amazon Echo, Google Home. lights, etc.)
Turn off Wireless personal printers. Do not use the wireless feature in your printer, use a USB cable, or print to uPrint.
Turn off mobile phone hot spots.
Run all updates for your operating system and applications. Make sure you run all updates when prompted.
Make sure all your drivers are up to date.

Restrictions on Computer Use

Our goal is to provide consistent access and service to the community. Our experience indicates that any of the following activities can negatively impact others in your dorm and on the network or may pose security risks to the network. Therefore, if any of these activities are detected, and your computer is found to be the source, your network access may be suspended while we investigate.

Running file or application servers
Use of personal wireless routers
Absence of a current anti-virus program (Norton or McAfee, for instance)
File sharing that impacts performance or violates copyright law
Running tools or applications that subvert network security