Windows 8 – How to manually connect to a wireless network

There are times where Windows 8 has not connected properly to a wireless network.  Generally, if there is a Radius server asking for a username/password and I have a WEP or WPA key, Windows will not allow a connection.

With a little digging, I found how to manually add the connection.

1.  Go to the Network and Sharing Center either by right-clicking on your network icon in the taskbar or go to Control panel, then Network and Sharing Center.

2.  Once in there, click on “Setup a new connection or network”

3.  Choose “Manually connect to a wireless network” then press next

Here, you can set the connection properties manually.  Press Next and you should be able to connect!

Note:  so far, this also works in Windows 8.1