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eduroam 2024 for Ubuntu Linux
Delete old eduroam profile
This is only needed, if you had the old eduroam setup of HITS (before October 2024) installed.
With GUI
1. open the Wi-Fi settings and be sure that you are connected to eduroam
2. click on the Settings button of the eduroam network connection
3. click “Forget Connection”
Command line Ubuntu 22.04
1. open terminal and become root
2. go to the NetworkManager settings directory
cd /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
3. delete the eduroam profile
rm -rf eduroam.nmconnection
4. restart NetworkManager
systemctl restart NetworkManager
Command line Ubuntu 24.04
1. open terminal and become root
2. go to the NetworkManager settings directory
cd /etc/netplan
3. find and delete the eduroam profile
vim /etc/netplan/<<eduroam config file>> => should begin with 90-NM-XXXXXX and the content should include eduroam in several lines
4. restart NetworkManager
systemctl restart NetworkManager
Configure the new eduroam profile
The following instructions assume using the NetworkManager; they were tested on Fedora Linux 40 and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04. The graphical interface might differ a bit from the below screenshots depending on the desktop environment in use, but the required data should be the same.
Step 1. Click on the WiFi icon, typically found in the upper right screen corner, and choose “eduroam”.
Step 2. You will be asked to fill in authentication details.
- Security: WPA & WPA2 Enterprise
- Authentication: Protected EAP (PEAP)
- Anonymous identity: eduroam2024@h-its.org
- Domain: h-its.org
- CA certificate: download eduroam2024_ca.crt to your computer, then select it
- PEAP version: Automatic
- Inner authentication: MSCHAPv2
- Username: <your username>@h-its.org
- check “Ask for this password every time”, or (not recommended) enter the password. This is the same password that you use to access your e-mail.
Step 3. Click on the WiFi icon again and choose “eduroam”. If “Ask for this password every time” was checked (as recommended) in Step 2, you'll be asked for a password - this is the same password that you use to access your e-mail. After entering the password, the authentication should succeed and access to the “eduroam” network should be granted.