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= About Eduroam & Cinnamon Desktop = | = About Eduroam & Cinnamon Desktop = | ||
Network-manager package included in Linux Mint Cinnamon & Cinnamon Desktop lacks some information when creating automatically a profile for the Eduroam Wi-Fi network.<br /> | [https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkManager Network-manager] package included in [https://linuxmint.com Linux Mint Cinnamon] & Cinnamon Desktop lacks some information when creating automatically a profile for the [https://eduroam.org Eduroam] Wi-Fi network.<br /> | ||
Due to this issue the best way to use Eduroam with Cinnamon is to create manually a Wi-Fi profile wich is explained here. | Due to this issue the best way to use Eduroam with Cinnamon is to create manually a Wi-Fi profile wich is explained here. | ||
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* Search for "Network Connections" utility : | * Search for "Network Connections" utility : | ||
:[[File:Cinnamon eduroam 01.png|Launch Network Connection utility]] | |||
* Click on "Add a new connection" | * Click on "Add a new connection" | ||
:[[File:Cinnamon eduroam 02.png|Add a new connection]] | |||
* Define profile name & SSID as "eduroam": | * Define profile name & SSID as "eduroam": | ||
:[[File:Cinnamon eduroam 03.png|Define profile name & SSID]] | |||
* On Wi-Fi security tab change to the following (yourid @ your institution ) : | * On Wi-Fi security tab change to the following (yourid @ your institution ) : | ||
:[[File:Cinnamon eduroam 04.png|Setup security options like in this capture]]<br /> | |||
:''For example my name is Denis Dutrannois so my login is "ddutrann@ulb.ac.be".'' | |||
* Save the profile & enjoy connection to the Eduroam Wi-Fi under Linux Mint. | * Save the profile & enjoy connection to the Eduroam Wi-Fi under Linux Mint. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:24, 21 October 2019
About Eduroam & Cinnamon Desktop
Network-manager package included in Linux Mint Cinnamon & Cinnamon Desktop lacks some information when creating automatically a profile for the Eduroam Wi-Fi network.
Due to this issue the best way to use Eduroam with Cinnamon is to create manually a Wi-Fi profile wich is explained here.
Connect to Eduroam with Cinnamon Desktop
- Search for "Network Connections" utility :
- Click on "Add a new connection"
- Define profile name & SSID as "eduroam":
- On Wi-Fi security tab change to the following (yourid @ your institution ) :
- For example my name is Denis Dutrannois so my login is "ddutrann@ulb.ac.be".
- Save the profile & enjoy connection to the Eduroam Wi-Fi under Linux Mint.
