Credit: YaleSecure 

YaleSecure is the Michael Jordan of Wi-Fi networks, in that it sometimes retires from doing the thing it’s supposed to do, then makes a triumphant return just when you least expect it. Is there anything more beautiful than a fast and mostly-reliable internet connection? It is difficult to overstate the importance of YaleSecure in my life: it gives me access to Neopets; another exciting place to input my NetID and password; and that warm, fuzzy feeling of belonging to something larger than myself. YaleSecure is not just a network—it’s an icon.

On second thought, Michael Jordan is the YaleSecure of basketball players.

D: YaleGuest 

If I had a dollar for every minute I spent reading the Terms of Use for the YaleGuest network, I’d have zero dollars because I always realize my mistake and immediately switch to YaleSecure. YaleGuest is good for when you want to access the internet from your home, but with the same level of remove as if you were at an airport or coffee shop. Or, you know, if you’re a guest of Yale who wants to Google something.

Fail: yale wireless

In the beginning, there was yale wireless. It was, presumably, the first Wi-Fi network ever invented. It did, presumably, provide functional internet for some period of time. Now it hangs on as an unneeded hindrance, the vestigial third campus-wide network. Improperly capitalized. Un-functioning. A remnant of an earlier Yale.

Speaking of which: Does anyone know how to get my laptop to stop automatically connecting to yale wireless?