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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://eduroram.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.



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 :
Launch Network Connection utility
  • Click on "Add a new connection"
Add a new connection
  • Define profile name & SSID as "eduroam":
Define profile name & SSID
  • On Wi-Fi security tab change to the following (yourid @ your institution ) :
Setup security options like in this capture
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.