Using Ubuntu 16.04 and have been connected to my UNI's eduroam wifi fine till a week ago. Now it keeps asking for my password and wont connect.
Have tried workarounds from other similar questions asked but no joy.
Help!
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I had a similar problem. I removed the old connection and set up a new one manually which worked for me.
To remove the old connection, I removed the file named "eduroam" in the directory "/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections".
You may set up Eduroam manually as follows: type "sudo nm-connection-editor" in terminal. Punch you password, if asked for. This opens the connection editor. Now fill in the details along with your credentials as you would have done for a usual setup. That is all.
If you want, you may use gedit or nano and create a new connection in the above mentioned repository.
I am not sure, but you might have to log out and log in again to get connected.
However, I do not know why this worked and the usual set up did not!
I followed the instructions linked here, in the GUI section. Everything worked fine on 16.04. Here's a copy of my resulting config file found in: etc/NetworkManager/system-conenctions/eduroam (my personal info has been replaced or blacked out).
[connection]
id=eduroam
uuid=9bcf5de0-d802-424f-bc67-80cfd6df1cda
type=wifi
permissions=user:yourUserName:;
secondaries=
[wifi]
mac-address=**:**:**:**:**:**
mac-address-blacklist=
mac-address-randomization=0
mode=infrastructure
seen-bssids=
ssid=eduroam
[wifi-security]
auth-alg=open
group=
key-mgmt=wpa-eap
pairwise=
proto=
[802-1x]
altsubject-matches=
ca-cert=/etc/ssl/certs/AddTrust_External_Root.pem
eap=peap;
[email protected]
password=PasswordForStudentNumber
phase2-altsubject-matches=
phase2-auth=mschapv2
[ipv4]
dns-search=
method=auto
[ipv6]
addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
dns-search=
method=auto
At some point, probably after upgrading to Ubuntu 15 or 16, I became unable to connect to eduroam with my laptop.
After trying a lot of possible solutions, I found that all my problem was due to the nl80211 driver that was not working. Finally I could solve all my problems following an Arch Linux guide.
Although in my system I had to add the wext driver in /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service. I simply included -Dnl80211,wext to the Exec line. So that the whole file is now:
[D-BUS Service]
Name=fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant
Exec=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -Dnl80211,wext -O /run/wpa_supplicant
User=root
SystemdService=wpa_supplicant.service
With this I can connect to eduroam again!
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Could you please cite all the crucial parts of external resources (not just your modifications) in case they change or disappear? Thanks. Jun 20, 2017 at 15:32
As of 2023, there exists a configuration assistant tool available for all major OSes here https://cat.eduroam.org/. The tool itself is a python script that sets a connection and creates the necessary certificate.
