
MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
updated 2010-11-24
If you don't have a eduroam network secret, you can get it here: https://login.sys.kth.se/peap.html
The following instructions apply to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
- Click on the wireless icon in the top right corner of the screen. Choose "Open Network Preferences..." in the menu. The Network window opens.
- Select "AirPort" in the left pane.
- Click the "Advanced" button. The Advanced dialog opens.
- Switch to the "802.1X" tab.
- Click the plus ("+") button to add a profile. Choose "Add User Profile".
- Enter "eduroam" as the name of the profile.
- Enter the settings as follows:
- User Name: your username with domain, e.g. nisse@kth.se
- Password: the network secret you retreived from here (preferably, copy and paste it from the web page)
- Wireless Network: choose "eduroam"
- Authentication: make sure that only the "PEAP" box is checked
- Click OK. The dialog closes.
- Click Apply.
- Open the wireless menu again by clicking on the wireless icon in the top right corner of the screen.
- Choose the "eduroam" network from the menu.
- In the dialog that appears, choose "eduroam" in the 802.1X box. Click OK.
- Click "Configure Trust.."
- In the window that appears:
- Click Servers.
- Add "radius-wpa-1.lan.kth.se".
- Click Certificates.
- Choose "AddTrust External CA Root" in the list.
If the certificate is not in the list, you can download it here
- A "Verify Certificate" dialog appears.
- Click "Show Certificate".
- Choose "AddTrust External CA Root" in the list.
- Click the arrow next to the "Trust" label to show the trust settings.
- Choose "Always Trust" in the "Extensible Authentication (EAP)" box.
- Click continue. Enter your local password when asked.
- The eduroam network should now be fully configured, and automatically connected to when within range.
If you are upgrading from tiger, you might have to delete the old entry for "eduroam" in the "network" configuration.
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