eduroam University Wifi on Linux
Sometimes connecting to secure wifi at universities is not so obvious and easy on Linux, it doesn’t just connect but asks you for a bunch of configuration options. Below are the typical settings that you need to for eduroam or most other university networks.
On Ubuntu open “Settings”, go to “Wi-Fi” tab. Look in the “Visible Networks” list for “eduroam” (or other network name) and click on it. This will open a “Network Authentication Required” form with lots of options. Here is the required settings for eduroam:
- Security: WPA & WPA2 Enterprise
- Authentication: Protected EAP (PEAP)
- Anonymous identity: [leave blank]
- Domain: [leave blank]
- CA certification: None
- check off “No CA certificate is required”
- PEAP version: Automatic
- Inner authentication: MSCHAPv2
- Username: [your individual username or email, for eduroam this is your full home institution email]
- Password: [your individual password]
Since your password is saved, don’t share this with other users on your system. This eduroam connection should work at all institutions using eduroam everywhere!