Since the fall of 2008, there have been two wireless networks on campus. One network, called '''VT-Wireless''', encrypts all traffic and is secured with EAP-TLS or PEAP-MSCHAPv2. The other network, called [[VT_WLAN]]. In July, 2013 VT_WLAN was superseded by CONNECTtoVT-Wireless, is an unencrypted, captive portal wireless networkdesigned to set up connecting to VT-Wireless. Internet access is not available on it. While connections Connections to VT-Wireless are secure by default, and require no user authentication once set up, the EAP-TLS setup has a number one of steps. In contrast, setup for VT_WLAN network is negligible, but you will be required two different methods to manually authenticate each time you connect (although this can be scripted), and your traffic will be readable to everyone.

| [[VT_WLAN]]CONNECTtoVT-Wireless| Weak None to Medium ([[w:Captive portal|Captive portalPEAP-MSCHAPv2]])| NoYes| NegligibleSimplest| All Most devices

Using [[VT_WLANPEAP-MSCHAPv2]] is less secure as the authentication method can be broken with sufficient resources in a short ammount of time. However the authentication is encrypted and the encryption key is authenticated and it is significantly simpler to set up and use. CONNECTtoVT-Wireless is an unsecured captive portal wireless network. It requires no set is used for setting up at all, but you must log in with VT-Wireless on your PID and password every time you connectdevice. Since it The network is not secure, it is simple for any and all unencrypted traffic on locked down to only allow access to pages that help connect the network user to be sniffed by anyone within range and is also vulnerable to deauthentication attacksVT-Wireless. Its use is discouraged in most casesIt uses [[XpressConnect]].