Frequently Asked Question

UPDATED: 9/6/2023

Follow these steps to connect a personal device to the WiFi.  This connection only provides access to the Internet and no internal resources such as printer or network file storage.

1. Select the APS Guest WiFi network.
   
2. Enter your Windows username and password.  Your username must be prefixed with: apsnet\  (including the backslash) as shown below.  
   
   
3. Click "Trust" when presented information about the certificate.  This certificate is issued by a public certificate authority but iOS requires the user to tap trust when connecting to enterprise WiFi networks.
   
   
4. You will be prompted to acknowledge the terms of service page.  Click Continue to the Internet.  Your device should now be connected to the APS Staff WiFi.
   

If you are having trouble, you might have to tell your device to "forget" the APS Guest network and set it up again:  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208941

About trusting the certificate - iOS:
The APS Guest wifi uses an enterprise authentication method called RADIUS.  This allows for increased security between your device and the network by using your user credentials to authenticate and an encryption certificate to encrypt the data transferred over the air.  The certificate is generated by our RADIUS server and your mobile device needs to know that it is valid, thus the prompt to trust the certificate.  The certificate name will end with avonctschools.org and will contain the initials for the school you are authenticating through.