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csc-wireless no longer exists. Members are advised to use eduroam or uw-unsecured.
Rosetta Stone
Linux
netcfg
Toss this into /etc/network.d/, making sure you edit identity and password. sudo netcfg eduroam
CONNECTION='wireless' INTERFACE=wlan0 SECURITY='wpa-configsection' IP='dhcp' CONFIGSECTION=' ssid="eduroam" proto=RSN key_mgmt=WPA-EAP pairwise=CCMP group=CCMP eap=PEAP #anonymous_identity="anonymous" identity="userid@uwaterloo.ca" password="hunter2" ca_cert="/usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/GlobalSign_Root_CA.crt" phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2" priority=1'
wicd
Toss this into /etc/wicd/encryption/templates/ and edit /etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active to include a line with eduroam.
name = Eduroam UW author = Steven She version = 1 require username *Username password *Password ----- ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant network={ ssid="$_ESSID" scan_ssid="$_SCAN" proto=RSN key_mgmt=WPA-EAP pairwise=CCMP group=CCMP eap=PEAP identity="$_USERNAME" password="$_PASSWORD" ca_cert="/usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/GlobalSign_Root_CA.crt" phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2" }
The previous setup has been archived for posterity.