This tutorial describes how to set up the Wi-Fi Eduroam on macOS.
Step-by-step description[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
What needs to be done?[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- Create a new network certificate in the service portal.
- Set up Eduroam with the new network certificate.
- If necessary, remove the Webauth network from the preferred networks of your device.
Step-by-step instructions[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Create network certificate[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
To use Eduroam you need a network certificate at the University of Paderborn. In the first step we have to create and download this.
- The "Webauth" network can be used for this process. “Webauth” is only intended for this setup process and will log you out again after a short time.
Go to the service portal and log in with your university account.
- Open the "Netzwerkeinstellungen" under "Benutzerverwaltung".
- Click "Neues Zertifikat erstellen".
- Give the certificate a unique name (Ex: MacBook)
- Select "Version 1" as the file format.
- Then click on "Neues Zertifikat zusenden".
Version 1 or 2 - What's the difference?
The certificates are available for download in different container formats. The selected version is a recommendation that, in our experience, works well for this operating system.
- Version 1 is a TripleDES-SHA1 container
- Version 2 is an AES-256 container
AES-256 encryption is preferred for security reasons. Unfortunately, it is not yet supported by all operating systems.
- A new network certificate has been created for you.
- First copy the Importpasswort to the clipboard.
- Now click on "Netzwerkzerifkat herunterladen".
Install network certificate[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Open the certificate.
- Enter the import password for the certificate.
- We just copied it to the clipboard.
- Alternatively, we can type it from the service portal.
- We continue with "OK".
Set up Eduroam[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- The certificate is imported, now we can set up Eduroam.
- To do this, click on the WLAN symbol in the bar at the top and then continue by clicking on Eduroam.
- Use the first button to select your certificate - It is <username>@uni-paderborn.de.
- Be sure to leave the field for user name and password blank!
- Then click "OK".
- Click on "Fortfahren".
- MacOS now informs us that a change has been made to our computer.
- To confirm, enter the password for your Mac and then click Allow.
- This query can appear up to three times. Enter the password for your Mac every time.
Remove Wi-Fi Network Webauth[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- Now we're basically done - Eduroam is set up and ready to use.
- However, if you were using the Wi-Fi network Webauth on your Mac, you should definitely remove it, as otherwise problems may occur.
- To do this, click the Wi-Fi icon again at the top.
- Click on "System Preferences" > "Wi-Fi Settings..." to access the settings.
- Here, we select Webauth from the list, click on the three dots next to it, and then click "Ignore this network...".
- Finally, we confirm once again that we want to ignore the Webauth network. This will prevent our device from connecting to Webauth instead of Eduroam.
Troubleshooting[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
If you are unable to connect to Eduroam as described above, follow these steps.
Remove the WLAN profiles for Eduroam and Webauth as described above.
- Click on the WiFi icon in the bar at the top.
- Select "Connect to another network...".
- From macOS 12 - Monterey this may look different.
- Click on the WiFi icon.
- Click "Other Networks".
- Click "Other...".
Set up the network with the following settings:
- Network name: eduroam
- Security: Company-wide WPA2
- Mode: EAP-TLS
- Identity: Select your installed network certificate. The name ends with “@uni-paderborn.de”.
- Username: Be sure to leave this field blank.
Now click on Verbinden.
