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eduroam with Linux-Tools

Setting up eduroam on Linux using on-board tools

Requirements

Anonymous identityät: eduroam@uni-giessen.de
Userrname: J_A1B2C3D@uni-giessen.de
Password: Ihr_Passwort (************************)
Domain: uni-giessen.de
Certificate: should be included as a known root certificate in the distributions under /etc/ssl/certs by default – the following is required: T-TeleSec_GlobalRoot_Class_2.pem If the required certificate is not available, it can be downloaded here from the link provided.

Setup with the graphical user interface (GUI)

Modern Linux distributions mostly use NetworkManager, so the following procedure should work on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch Linux and other systems with GNOME, KDE or other desktop environments:

Open network management:

GNOME: Open network managementNetzwerkWLAN.
KDE: Network Connections.

All available networks will appear with their names (SSID). Select eduroam as your Wi-Fi network.

Enable advanced settings and set the following values:

Security method: WPA- & WPA2-Enterprise
Authentication: Tunneled TLS (also: Tunneled TLS or TTLS)
Anonymous identity: eduroam@uni-giessen.de
Username: J_A1B2C3D@uni-giessen.de
Password: Your_Password (************************)
Inner authentication: PAP
CA certificate: T-TeleSec GlobalRoot Class 2/etc/ssl/certs/T-TeleSec_GlobalRoot_Class_2.pem
Domain: uni-giessen.de

Save and establish connection.

Here is an example configuration in the overview:

Einstellungen für die eduroam-Konfiguration unter Linux
Linux Einstellungen eduroam

If you encounter problems connecting to eduroam, please contact the HRZ helpdesk.

How to contact the helpdesk:

Phone: 0641 99 13100
E-Mail: support@hrz.uni-giessen.de