Wireless devices are broken up into two categories: District-Owned Devices and Personal Devices. In this article, Personal Devices are those not-purchased or owned by the District.
District-Owned Devices
Wireless connectivity for district-owned devices, including Windows laptops, Chromebooks, Macbooks and iPads, is maintained by the Technology department. All District owned devices are configured to self-connect to a wireless network.
- Unimaged-Windows devices = BSD-PKI
- 2021 SY Imaged Windows, Apple, & Chromebook = BSD-Devices
Changing or editing the auto-connect network on your device (Besides the BSD-Guest) while on any Boise Schools campus may render your assigned district-owned device unusable until IT staff can restore those settings.
If any district-owned device is not connecting to the appropriate wireless, please submit a help desk ticket or call help desk 208-854-6670.
Personal Devices
The BSD-Guest wireless network is for personal devices for both staff, guests and the general public. No password is required to connect.
For quick instructions to connect your device to the offered BSD-Guest, click one of the following:
Windows
Start by clicking on the network icon in the notification area, then click on "BSD-Guest" in the network list.
Next click on the "Connect" button for the wireless network BSD-Guest.
Android (Samsung, Google Nexus/Pixel, etc.)
To connect an Android device to the BSD-Guest
Depending on the carrier a variety of security screens may be seen, such as:
Select Connect Anyway, then Choose to remember your choice for this network.
iOS (iPhone/iPad)
To connect to BSD-Guest on an iPhone or iPad, start by click on the "Settings" app.
Next, on the left-hand side click on "WiFi" (green circle), then click on the "BSD-Guest" wireless network, located on the right side.
MacBooks
To connect to BSD-Guest on a personal MacBook, begin by clicking on the wifi icon in the top-right notification area, and select 'BSD-Guest'.
After verifying the certificate, user may be asked to enter the MacBook username and password to make changes to the computer. This is not your district username and password; this is specific to the non-owned District device, enter the personal device credentials and click 'Update Settings'.
BSD-Guest will now be available to join.
Chromebook
To connect to BSD-Guest from a Chromebook, start by clicking on the WiFi icon in the notification bar on the bottom right corner.
Next, find the wireless network BSD-Guest and click on it.
Connection to BSD-Guest should be complete.
To share this information take a pic with your smart device and sign in using your BSD google credentials.