Connecting to Wifi @ CMU and HOME
Connecting to Home WiFi
To connect your Meta Quest headset to your home WiFi, follow these steps:
- 1. Click the WiFi symbol to the right of your profile picture in the menu.
- 2. Type your WiFi name and password to establish the connection.
Connecting to the CMU Device Network
Connecting to CMU requires quite a few steps; however, your device should already be set up. The following directions are only if you get disconnected.
Quest 3 headsets do not support the security protocol used by CMU Secure. The device shows a MAC address alias instead of the real MAC. Follow the steps below to register the headset on CMU’s Wi-Fi as a CMU Device.
1) Find the real MAC address
- On the headset: Settings → System → About (scroll if needed).
- Write down the MAC address shown on the About screen for the next step.
Note: A MAC address has six pairs of digits/letters, separated by colons, e.g.
aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff.2) Add the headset to the CMU Device network
- On your computer, go to https://getonline.cmu.edu/.
- Click Connect to CMU Device.
- Enter a hostname for the headset that includes its number (e.g., XRdemo#; check the storage case).
- Enter the MAC address (type two characters for each set).
- From the dropdown, choose the departmental device as Heinz College or Personal Device (if Heinz College isn’t listed).
3) Finalize
- Restart the headset and connect to the CMU DEVICE network.
- (Recommended) Set the device to connect automatically.
- Have the device “forget” any other school networks so it doesn’t connect to them by mistake.