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Android and Eduroam.

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  • 28-11-2009 6:51am
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭


    Anyone had any luck?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,010 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I don't have an Android device, but since eduroam is standards-based, you ought to be able to do it, with a bit of work. The device needs to support WPA2-Enterprise connections - can it?. Look under Wi-Fi Settings and see if it comes up.

    On the eduroam website, they don't provide a simple Android-specific process, like they do for e.g. iPhone & iPod Touch, but all the parameters you need are in this file.

    edit: I've done a bit more reading, and if this is accurate, and you don't have a WPA2-Enterprise option, then it can be done, but it's not trivial. You need to pull the config file off the device using a utility, edit it on your computer to add the UCD-specific info, and push it back on to test it.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭TDOie


    Thanks, I'll try out those next time I'm in UCD (probably later this week) If I get it working I'll create a UCD specific file / guide for others.


  • Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭smackyB


    any luck with this?


  • Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭TDOie


    smackyB wrote: »
    any luck with this?

    No, It appears the only way of fixing it would be to root your phone and manually edit files. Which I have not done.


  • Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭smackyB


    Ok cool, thanks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 47 self_sentered


    I've been trying to connect to eduroam with a rooted G1,
    I've edited the wpa_supplicant.conf file and added:

    network={
    ssid="eduroam"
    proto=WPA2 WPA
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    pairwise=CCMP TKIP
    group=CCMP TKIP
    eap=TTLS
    ca_cert="/sdcard/cacert.crt"
    subject_match="CN=tweedledum.ucd.ie"
    phase2="auth=PAP"
    identity="my_username"
    password="my_password"
    }

    Then copied the cacert.crt file from here to the /sdcard directory. Then when I tried to connect to eduroam it asked for a "credential password". Possibly stupid question, but was "tweedledum.ucd.ie" supposed to be the password? (I didn't try it) If not, any idea what it is?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq




  • Registered Users Posts: 47 self_sentered


    Got it working.

    network={
    ssid="eduroam"
    proto=WPA2 WPA
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    pairwise=CCMP TKIP
    group=CCMP TKIP
    eap=TTLS
    ca_cert="/sdcard/ucd/cacert.crt"
    subject_match="CN=tweedledum.ucd.ie"
    phase2="auth=PAP"
    identity="YOUR_UCD_USERNAME@ucd.ie"
    password="YOUR_UCD_PASSWORD"
    }
    Then after editing the wpa_supplicant file open a command prompt and run:

    adb shell
    cd /data/misc/wifi
    chown system.wifi wpa_supplicant.conf
    reboot

    And the phone connects to eduroam automatically.


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