Linux laptops
Ubuntu
- Click on the "Network Indicator" in the upper-right corner of the desktop menu
- Select the "OHIO University" SSID
- A dialog box will appear asking for additional settings, fill out
accordingly:
-
- Wireless Security: WPA & WPA2 Enterprise (should be default)
- Authentication: "Protected EAP (PEAP)"
- Anonymous ID: (can be left blank, this is the PEAP identity, not actual username)
- CA Certificate: /etc/ssl/certs/AddTrust_External_Root.pem
-
- Click on drop box
- Dialog box with "Chose a Certificate Authority certificate ..."
- Click on "File system" (left column)
- Click on "etc folder" (in center column)
- Scroll down and click on "ssl" folder
- click on "certs" folder
- Select "AddTrust_External_Root.pem"
- Click open (dialog box disappears and brings you back to the main dialog box)
- PEAP Version: Version 0
- Inner Authentication: MSCHAPv2 (should be default when PEAP is selected)
- Username: <OHIOID>
- Password: <OHIOID password>
- You may be prompted to verify your user name and password more than once
- Click "connect"
- Enjoy the New wireless!
Fedora
- You will first need to download a trusted certificate. Please visit this link and download the following file: AddTrustExternalCARoot.crt
- After you have downloaded the file on your device follow the following steps:
- Click on the "Network Indicator" in the upper-right corner of the desktop menu
- Select the "OHIO University" SSID
- A dialog box will appear asking for additional settings, fill out
accordingly:
-
- Wireless Security: WPA & WPA2 Enterprise (should be default)
- Authentication: "Protected EAP (PEAP)"
- Anonymous ID: (can be left blank, this is the PEAP identity, not actual username)
- CA Certificate: (find the location you saved the above file)
- PEAP Version: Version 0
- Inner Authentication: MSCHAPv2 (should be default when PEAP is selected)
- Username: <OHIOID>
- Password: <OHIOID password>
- You may be prompted to verify your user name and password more than once
- Click "connect"
- Enjoy the New wireless!