The Bocconi Wi-Fi network completes the current university network architecture.
The technical solution employed allows for wide compatibility with most laptop and wireless network cards available today. Hardware configurations incompatible with the security standards adopted are not supported.
802.11a and 802.11b/g wireless technologies, among the most widespread in the world, are used along with a web-based authentication scheme.
Any request to any web page from users through an SSL-based browser are redirected to a login page, requesting a mandatory login process.Once authenticated, the default home page is loaded automatically. There is no need for custom installing of any specific software on users' PCs and the service is hardware-independent.
Further readings on Wi-Fi technology are available here:
Wi-Fi Alliance
Wireless LAN Association
Italian Site