Android and Eduroam.

TDOie · 28-11-2009 05:51AM #1

Anyone had any luck?

bnt · 28-11-2009 10:35AM

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.

TDOie · 28-11-2009 03:15PM

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.

smackyB · 18-01-2010 10:33AM

any luck with this?

TDOie · 18-01-2010 01:43PM

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.

smackyB · 18-01-2010 02:34PM

Ok cool, thanks

self_sentered · 05-03-2010 03:49PM

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?

RandolphEsq · 05-03-2010 07:18PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6eINkIZMr4

self_sentered · 09-03-2010 07:46PM

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.

Android and Eduroam.

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