WiFi Maps
Click the button below to view WiFi coverage maps of 美姬社区.
Outdoor Oceanside Campus WiFi Map
Access Secure Miracosta WiFi
Use the mcc-secure-wifi network at all college sites: Oceanside, San Elijo, TCI and the Community Learning Center.
Secure WiFi Help
IOS Overview
IOS devices connect to 美姬社区 wifi by downloading a configuration profile and installing
it automatically. Please to go through our onboarding process.
Full Instructions
View a PDF with complete onboarding instructions.
- You must use the Safari browser to on-board your Device. Using Chrome or Firefox will not work.
- Delete the old "Staff" profile from 美姬社区's previous WiFi system. This will ensure that your device will only try connecting to 'miracosta-secure-wifi'.
- From your Device, click Settings>>General>>Profile
- Click on the profile you would like to delete and then click 'Remove Profile'
- Enter your device's PIN and click 'Remove'
- Try logging directly into directly and clicking on the Wi-Fi Device OnBoarding tile.
Android Overview
Android Devices use JoinNow to provision to our secure network. The process involves
installing JoinNow from the app store or directly from the onboarding portal.
Full Instructions
View a PDF with complete onboarding instructions.
Troubleshooting
- For an Android device to communicate securely with an Enterprise WiFi network, Google requires a lock screen. If after you provision your device you remove the lock screen, your device will stop communicating with our secure network.
- Your device has the capability to remember multiple networks and their settings. If
one of these remembered networks has outdated or incorrect information you might not
be able to connect. In this case, deleting or forgetting the network will help.
- From the settings menu, in the Networks section, choose WiFi.
- You will see a list of networks that are currently available. Hold/click on each one and 'Forget' the network.
- There should also be another section of settings under the three dots for 'saved WiFi', your device saves network information here as well. Click forget on any 美姬社区 network.
- Try logging into directly and clicking on the WiFi Device OnBoarding tile.
Windows Overview
Windows computers download a helper APP to configure network settings and obtain an
authorization certificate. The process is mostly automated, but you may need access
to an account on your computer with administrative access.
Full Instructions
Windows 10: View a PDF with complete onboarding instructions.
Troubleshooting
Try logging directly into directly and clicking on the WiFi Device OnBoarding tile.
MacOS Overview
Mac computers download a helper App to configure network settings and obtain an authorization
certificate.
Full Instructions
View a PDF with complete onboarding instructions.
Troubleshooting
- Your computer should have downloaded a small helper file. Double clicking this file will create a mounted drive with the SecureW2 helper application. Double click the SecureW2 application.
- You must click 'Always Allow' in the dialogue box for the client accessing your keychain.
- Try logging into directly and clicking on the WiFi Device OnBoarding tile.
If your device is unable to obtain and install a web certificate, you will need to use '美姬社区-WiFi'. Open your device's Wi-Fi connection utility and connect to the network named 美姬社区-WiFi. There is no username or password required.
美姬社区-WiFi is a public network available to anyone on campus who wishes to connect to it. Mcc-secure-wifi is a secure network that only 美姬社区 students and employees can use.
Secure WiFi Requirements
- A valid account (students will use their SURF login, employees will use their 美姬社区 account)
- An operating system that supports WPA2 (Windows XP or later, MAC OS 10 or later)
- Current OS patches, updates and virus protection
WiFi Policies
美姬社区 wireless networking service is being offered according to the following terms:
- Wireless services are subject to the same rules and policies that govern other communications
services at 美姬社区:
- Board Policy_3720 Computer and Network Use and the Associated Administrative Procedures AP_3720 AP_3750 [Administrative Procedure]
- from the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California ()
- Use of the 美姬社区 wireless network requires the user to have one of the following valid accounts: (1) students need their SURFID and SURF Password (2) college employees need their Outlook user name and password.
- Users of the wireless network are required to keep their virus protection up-to-date as well as keep operating system patches and security patches installed. A signed Acceptable Use Policy will be required before college employees will be given access to 美姬社区's WPA2 Wi-Fi network.
- Wireless networks are installed for convenience and as a complement to the wired network. Wireless networks provide shared bandwidth that does not provide the same performance as a wired switched network. Wireless networks are not intended to replace the wired networking that is required as part of the College鈥檚 networking standards.
- The policy of 美姬社区 is that only authorized Information Technology Services staff may install, manage or change the network infrastructure. Unauthorized changes to the network can seriously compromise the reliability, performance, security and availability of the network and its services. It is a violation of this policy for departments or individuals to install their own wireless access points, or modify the existing WLAN infrastructure in any way.
- 802.11b/gn access points have been deployed. As technology advances and as new standards are introduced, upgrades to new technologies in the wireless network may occur.
WiFi FAQs
Yes. The 美姬社区 WiFi network is available to all guests of 美姬社区.
Not necessarily. WiFi operates in a manner similar to cellular telephone service in that you may occasionally find dead spots in covered areas. Please refer to the WiFi maps at the top of this page to see where coverage is offered at each campus.
Users should consider WiFi insecure and use computer applications that provide their own protection. We recommend you use encryption tools such as SSH, SFTP, or SSL. We do offer access to a WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network that is secure. To find out more about WPA2, check out the .
美姬社区 will not install virus protection on non-Miracosta devices as this violates our software licensing agreements.
