How to install the SMLC Certificate on a Windows device (BYOD)
To use our internet and to provide the best experience when connecting to school resources, you will need to install our certificate. This verifies the authenticity of the servers we use locally on our network. If you do not have the certificates correctly installed on your device, you may see errors such as 'Connection is not private' when visiting websites.
Follow the steps below to install the certificate on Windows 10 or 11.
- Open up Chrome and click here to download the SMLC certificate
- In Chrome, click the Downloads button and click on 'network-cert.crt'
Alternatively you can press CTRL + J on your keyboard to open the Downloads window

- On the 'Do you want to open this file?' window, click OK

- Click 'Install Certificate'
- On the 'Welcome to Certificate Import Wizard' make sure that 'Current User' is selected and click Next
- Select 'Place all certificates into the following store' and then click Browse and select 'Trusted Root Certification Authorities' and Click OK. Then click Next

- Confirm on the Security Warning that 'smlcCA' and the thumbprint matches the image below and click Yes

- On the Certificate Import Wizard window, click OK and then click OK again

- Restart your browser and test the internet. (sometimes you need to restart your computer)