One of the University’s two wireless networks will be wiped out in the new year, according to Northwestern University Information Technology’s website. The WiFi network “nuwlan” will be retired starting Feb. 1, 2011, in favor of the “more convenient wireless network, named ‘Northwestern’ for quick, automatic connections without a VPN,” according to the NUIT website. NUIT has instructions posted online to help faculty, staff and students make the transition.

Most NU community members already use the “Northwestern” network. NUIT first offered the service in the summer of 2006, and urged all of campus to make the switch by September of 2007.