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Can't connect to Eduroam

I've been trying to connect to my university Wifi (eduroam) for quite a while now- but having no luck at all. Is there anything special I need to do to get this working? Really need wifi on my htc hero while im at uni Help please.

may i ask what uni?
wifi helper on the market should be able to configure it although i couldn't get it to work with my hero. so ive JUST configured the wpa_supplicant.conf manually for eduroam at UCL...
since im not on campus atm i will report back results tomorrow to see if it works

my_space said:
may i ask what uni?
wifi helper on the market should be able to configure it although i couldn't get it to work with my hero. so ive JUST configured the wpa_supplicant.conf manually for eduroam at UCL...
since im not on campus atm i will report back results tomorrow to see if it works
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Hahh!! Im UCL too!

university shouldn't matter, eduroam is a multi-university service
it certainly worked on my hero, though I can't check that now (don't work there any more)
security wpa (or wpa2, can't remember) enterprise, eap PEAP, subtype MSCHAPv2

ok ive got eduroam to work
you will need to download the GTE CyberTrust Global Root certificate in pem format ( i have renamed it to eduroamcert.pem below)
these are the settings for wpa_supplicant i have used to get it to work:
Code:
network={
ssid="eduroam"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
eap=TTLS
phase2="auth=PAP"
anonymous_identity="[email protected]"
identity="[email protected]"
password="XXXXXX
ca_cert="/sdcard/eduroamcert.pem"
priority=3
}
doesnt matter what priority you use.
edit::
forgot to mention XXXX for identity is not ur email alias, rather what you use to log in, in the computer rooms

my_space said:
ok ive got eduroam to work
you will need to download the GTE CyberTrust Global Root certificate in pem format ( i have renamed it to eduroamcert.pem below)
these are the settings for wpa_supplicant i have used to get it to work:
Code:
network={
ssid="eduroam"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
eap=TTLS
phase2="auth=PAP"
anonymous_identity="[email protected]"
identity="[email protected]"
password="XXXXXX
ca_cert="/sdcard/eduroamcert.pem"
priority=3
}
doesnt matter what priority you use.
edit::
forgot to mention XXXX for identity is not ur email alias, rather what you use to log in, in the computer rooms
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Hiya,
Sorry for the insanely late reply lol- have been busy with coursework- hence not being able to come here often. Only been trying to follow your instructions here to get eduroam working on my Hero...but I'm struggling.
Can you please tell me how I install the GTE cybertrust cert into my hero?? Ive downloaded the file....it d'loaded as a zip file. Do I extract it...then move it to the hero sd card??
And to access wpa_supplicant i need to use the windows command window while the htc is hooked up with my pc in recovery mode right?? and then I write in the code you showed me?

hi mate, dont worry about all the stuff above, you dont need it to connect to eduroam. just follow the instructions here (obviously with your own uni's settings and not oxfords):
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/wireless/services/eduroam/android/

Eduroam networks generally use the recommended EAP-TTLS/PAP as authentification, which is not supported by the GUI utilities. It is true that some places (Oxford is amazingly good with their network services) offer alternatives like PEAP/MSCHAP precisely because mobile devices are often lacking other options. It all depends on your local network setup.

I just got back to Cambridge, and Eduroam works fine with an Orange Hero.
Go to wifi settings:
EAP Type = PEAP
Sub Type = PEAPc0/MSCHAPv2
Username = CRSID email address (ie. [email protected]) - NB Case sensitive
Password = Network token available from https://tokens.csx.cam.ac.uk/ (need to log in with Raven to this page)

my_space said:
ok ive got eduroam to work
you will need to download the GTE CyberTrust Global Root certificate in pem format ( i have renamed it to eduroamcert.pem below)
these are the settings for wpa_supplicant i have used to get it to work:
Code:
network={
ssid="eduroam"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
eap=TTLS
phase2="auth=PAP"
anonymous_identity="[email protected]"
identity="[email protected]"
password="XXXXXX
ca_cert="/sdcard/eduroamcert.pem"
priority=3
}
doesnt matter what priority you use.
edit::
forgot to mention XXXX for identity is not ur email alias, rather what you use to log in, in the computer rooms
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It would be interesting to know where to find this wpa_supplicant thing, so I could edit it.
My university uses same GTE_CyberTrust_Global_Root protocol with eduroam. I've tried PEAPv0/MSCHAPv2 didn't worked.

Originalas said:
It would be interesting to know where to find this wpa_supplicant thing, so I could edit it.
My university uses same GTE_CyberTrust_Global_Root protocol with eduroam. I've tried PEAPv0/MSCHAPv2 didn't worked.
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i think what you think of is EAP-TTLS (the GTE_.. is just a CertificationAuthority, if i am not wrong). as it was said, you can edit the wpa_supplicant file, somewhere in /data/etc/wifi/, if remember correctly. you could also wait for the 2.1 update, which will bring native support for this EAP-type which works very well.

HugoEgon said:
i think what you think of is EAP-TTLS (the GTE_.. is just a CertificationAuthority, if i am not wrong). as it was said, you can edit the wpa_supplicant file, somewhere in /data/etc/wifi/, if remember correctly. you could also wait for the 2.1 update, which will bring native support for this EAP-type which works very well.
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I've HTC Desire, so I believe it's already runing 2.1. Though it connects to eduroam, but web pages and other stuff doesn't work.
Had Nokia and iPhone, both automatically downloaded all security stuff connecting first time.. and Android OS has some strange issues with eduroam wi-fi.

Here is a fix realmb.com/2010/01/android-certificate-installer/ you can install any security certificate using this to Android 1.6 and above.

Soz to dig up an old thread but I think it's relevent..
I've been trying to get my hero (T-mob G2) onto eduroam for ages, and I wanted to make the additions to wpa_supplicant but I don't know how to get access to the file system - I only seem to be able to mount the sdcard and not anything higher. I haven't rooted my phone.. is this why?
Thanks for any help :/

w0ss4g3 said:
Soz to dig up an old thread but I think it's relevent..
I've been trying to get my hero (T-mob G2) onto eduroam for ages, and I wanted to make the additions to wpa_supplicant but I don't know how to get access to the file system - I only seem to be able to mount the sdcard and not anything higher. I haven't rooted my phone.. is this why?
Thanks for any help :/
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Umm yes. You must root first, and then remount using adb remount for this to work.
Easiest way is to install a custom ROM on your phone, as that will give you root

HOW TO: Enable Wireless N on The Aria

EDIT:alot of people are unable to do this method because of errors writing to the system. it seems to restore the original bcm4329.ko upon reboot, so this patch has been cooked into the Roms. And wireless N is confirmed to work.
Just flash one of the below roms
Go Here For attn1's Liberated Beta 4 Rom with The Wireless N Patch Cooked in. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708434
heres his Beta 3 with wireless N cooked in - http://www.mediafire.com/?wenzltywoom
So i realized that the htc nexus one, htc desire, and htc evo all have the Bcm4329 wireless chip. And they all have wireless N enabled with hacks. Well I know from porting roms for the Aria that the aria also has a BCM4329 wireless chip. So i said to myself, why havent i enabled wireless N on my Aria.
well none of the methods worked except the manual method which isnt too difficult if you have some adb knowledge.just follow the exact steps and youll have no problem.
Prerequisites
-Must Be Rooted
-Must have clockwork recovery installed
-Must have the android sdk installed
ENABLING WIRELESS N
step 1- Download a hex editor
step 2-in a command prompt navigate to the /android-sdk/tools folder and type the following
adb pull /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko ./bcm4329.ko.old
adb pull /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko ./bcm4329.ko
(this makes a backup of the original in case you want to go back to wireless G)
Step 3- in the hex editor open up the file you pulled(bcm4329.ko). Now the same as the htc Evo 4g, Htc added 2 strings that say "nmode" without the quotes. Use the search function to find the 2 strings. now you need to replace nmode with any different string. i used "-----" without the quotes for both.
when you're done save the file.
Step 5-now reboot into clockwork recovery and go the partitions menu. go down to mount /system and press the power button.
Step 6-now type this in the command shell.
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
reboot your phone when its done and you now have wireless N enabled.

since the Aria has the same chip as the nexus,, then why wifitether does not work..?

Will try this on my Aria when I get home. Thank you in advance! Now, back to the wifi tethering debacle
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We Aren't Sure why wireless tethering isn't working yet. But we're pretty sure its gotta be something disabled at the kernel level. It will only be a matter of time before we figure it out.

Is it confirmed that Wireless N is enabled after doing said method?
*edit*
Just tried it, and it's not picking up my Wireless N network, nor does my Wireless router show it connected to a Wireless N. Only Wireless G.
I also did a adb pull of the file I pushed back just to confirm the changes were made, and they are, but for some reason it's not working.

there are some others who are having problems getting this to work as well.
im gonna test it on a rom real quick.
try this-> forgetting the network then reconnecting and re entering the password. not sure if that will fix it but that is what i did when i first connected so maybe that had something to do with it.

I'll give that a try in a few min, and report back.
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Tried that, the scanning doesn't even pick up the Wireless N network, it only see's the 'G' network. (I have a dual band G & N router)

Well after reading the EVO thread regarding this method, it shows that people who did it are connected at over 54mbps, which is the max for G speeds.
I'm currently connected at 69mbps, so maybe I am on my N?

try to change your wireless N router to N-only and see if it connects and remains connected.

Seems I have no luck, router is in N only mode, but the wifi on the Aria is just 'scanning'.
It's a great idea, just wish it would work.

i dont know why anyone else is unable to get it working, but im patching a rom with this and gonna have someone test it and then ill know. there just seems to be problems with the writing files to the system.

I was starting to think it was a permissions issue, but I'm at a loss as to this one. It might need to be done from a update.zip file in ClockworkMod.

yeah, maybe.
Since there were problems writing files to /system i tried pre-patching a rom and it works. So we're going to just patch the liberated Rom and upload it. check the liberated Rom thread in a little while if you cant get this to work.

[Q] Anyway to get new Kernel with different MAC Address?

Can anyone help compile a new kernal to read the MAC address from the startup.txt or have a different value then 00:11:22:33:44:55? Or am I oversimplifying the issue... I have 3 HD2 for each of my family member and loaded Android onto them. However only 1 device can access the wifi at a time due to having the same MAC address. I have been trying for the past few days to learn git to download the source and compile the kernel but I was using windows and MAKE doesn't like windows too much. Any help would be appreciative, thank you.

This sounds like a great question. Does it occur on diff builds?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Yes, this occur on different builds. One is FroyoStone and the others are on darkstone v2.1.

i have it on mattc sense and i cant use wifi at school

There must be members who can point out the right direction to solve this very legitimate question. I'd like to know.
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Adding
Code:
set cmdline "WiFi.mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
to startup.txt (where XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX is your own MAC found in WM) didn't make any impact, but I guest the OP already found that out.
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it can be done, really easy actually..
in the script that turns on the wifi. all you have to do is before the wifi is turned on set the mac by ifconfig..
checking out the init.rc file i saw this
# wireless properties
setprop wifi.interface eth0
you might try to add under this
ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:00:00:00:00:01
then reboot..
i would do it but i dont have time for testing right now.. it might crash your phone
Edit, these files are located in the roofs.img
you have to mount it with linux to edit it.

Holy Thread Revival Batman!
Did you guys have any luck on working out how to change the MAC address? It would be fantastic to get it my real MAC back.

[SCRIPT] Change Hostname v6 08/07/2012

This will also be the last update to this script for the foreseeable future. Someone else is more than welcome to take what is here and run with it though.
08-07-2012 fixed a few typos and problems with quotes.
01-29-2012 added some variables to check for the existence of things and get correct paths.
01-06-2012 fixed hostname path.
01-02-2012 Updated to truly work on all devices.
Check it out and let me know what you think.
Big thanks to cdesai for pointing out a nice little enhancement.
This is version 5 of this script.
This script is designed to change the hostname of your device so that you can access it through your network by name instead of android_0123456789ABCEDF.
Your device will also be able to be seen at your router by the new name as well.
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
#change devName to whatever you want.
devName="changeMe"
#random variables
devHostPath=$(which hostname)
devGetPath=$(which getprop)
devSetPath=$(which setprop)
if [ "$($devGetPath net.hostname)" = "$devName" ]
then
echo "Device hostname does not need to be changed."
else
echo "Device hostname is being changed to $devName."
$devHostPath $devName
$devSetPath net.hostname $devName
if [ "$($devGetPath net.hostname)" != "$devName" ]
then
echo "Device hostname has not been changed."
else
echo "Device hostname has been successfully changed."
fi
fi
Download Hostname.sh
Download Hostname.sh to your device.
Use a text editor to change the "changeMe" in the script to whatever you want. [Keep the quotes]
Use Script Manager to run the script.
The script output will tell you if the command has completed successfully.
Once it has been run your device will be named whatever you change the "changeMe" to.
*Additionally, this script should be able to be run on any device without issues but I have only tested this on Galaxy Nexus AOKP and Droid Bionic Eclipse v3.0.
**Standard disclaimer, I am in no way responsible for ANYTHING that happens to your phone that you have done.
***This code is provided free of charge and is released with no warranty explicit or implied.
If you find this post useful or it helped in any way please hit the thanks button.

Can anyone confirm this worked for them? Doesn't seem to be working for me.

What's the output when you run it?
And when you run it a second time?
You can check at your router as well by logging into it and checking the DHCP leases.
Oh, I figured this was assumed, but you have to have root and run it as root.

Terror_1 said:
What's the output when you run it?
And when you run it a second time?
You can check at your router as well by logging into it and checking the DHCP leases.
Oh, I figured this was assumed, but you have to have root and run it as root.
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It didn't work for me either, but your effort is much appreciated!

Not all roms will have bash, and even those which have it is mostly in /system/bin
Using /system/bin/sh would be the best way!
From my fingers to your eyez

Thanks,works perfect for me on the HTC EVO.

cdesai said:
Not all roms will have bash, and even those which have it is mostly in /system/bin
Using /system/bin/sh would be the best way!
From my fingers to your eyez
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Good call.
I will get it fixed when I find a couple moments.
OP has been updated with the change, works fine on my bionic though untested on anything else.

Terror_1 said:
Good call.
I will get it fixed when I find a couple moments.
OP has been updated with the change, works fine on my bionic though untested on anything else.
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Yet another idea, you can specify the host name while executing the script as an argument (quick changes )
You can use read devname and if it's empty you can get model no. From build.prop
From my fingers to your eyez

cdesai said:
Yet another idea, you can specify the host name while executing the script as an argument (quick changes )
You can use read devname and if it's empty you can get model no. From build.prop
From my fingers to your eyez
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I left it static so that it can be run at boot and will always have the same name. The model could work but it is more for changing the name to something you want rather than being dictated what it will be.
Oh and depending on your model you could have a space or other special in it.

Hi everybody !
in the old version I have to follow the instructions, but when starting the Script Manager notice shall not be allowed and notice was not found, I'm using xperia arc s, please tell me why? sr my english is not good

Are you running this as root using the skull and crossbones icon?

Terror_1 said:
Are you running this as root using the skull and crossbones icon?
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I just running as root, pls check pic

le_manhpro said:
I just running as root, pls check pic
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Let me work on this a little and get back to you. It looks like you don't have busybox installed, which you "shouldn't" need.
What is your device?
[EDIT] Give the new version a shot and let me know how you make out.

Terror_1 said:
Let me work on this a little and get back to you. It looks like you don't have busybox installed, which you "shouldn't" need.
What is your device?
[EDIT] Give the new version a shot and let me know how you make out.
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I just installed the update of your version but still does not work, do not know which step I did wrong, please guide the steps to install it?
I'm using the xperia arc S
I have attached pictures of my sr english is not good

le_manhpro said:
I just installed the update of your version but still does not work, do not know which step I did wrong, please guide the steps to install it?
I'm using the xperia arc S
I have attached pictures of my sr english is not good
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I have many swear words for this.
There is nothing that you have done. Can you provide me with a link to the ROM you are using and I will take a closer look. Even if it's the last thing I do I will get this working.
Challenge accepted.

Terror_1 said:
I have many swear words for this.
There is nothing that you have done. Can you provide me with a link to the ROM you are using and I will take a closer look. Even if it's the last thing I do I will get this working.
Challenge accepted.
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I'm using the original rom android 2.3.4, you can check here, hope you find ways to overcome sorry my english is not good
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=965

LG Revolution
On LG Revolution running GingerVolt 1.3, I had to change /bin/hostname to /system/xbin/hostname.
The script can be modified to determine the location of hostname command , rather than hardcoding the path.

gumnaam.sur said:
On LG Revolution running GingerVolt 1.3, I had to change /bin/hostname to /system/xbin/hostname.
The script can be modified to determine the location of hostname command , rather than hardcoding the path.
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I am working on a V5 of this which should be released within the next 2 weeks that should address almost all issues. It works as is on some devices but not all.
I have also found from my testing that setting the hostname is inconsequential and will only appear when you run the hostname command.

gumnaam.sur said:
On LG Revolution running GingerVolt 1.3, I had to change /bin/hostname to /system/xbin/hostname.
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Thanks! This is the path on the Galaxy Nexus (ICS 4.02) and i was able to get it to update successfully.
However, if this does not update the host name that is sent to my wireless router, the point of the exercise is moot to me. But at least I learned a little bit more about my phone!

This has been posted elsewhere, but to set the name set for the Wifi DHCP request:
Code:
echo yourphonehostname > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
Obviously, this needs root. You can stick that in a new or existing script in /etc/init.d.
No need to reboot the phone for this to take effect. Stop and start wifi to get the phone to request a new DHCP lease. Note that if your phone was already connected to a router, then the new name might not show up immediately. You'll need drop the previous name from the router dhcp client table by either waiting for the lease to expire, rebooting the router or expiring the lease manually (e.g., in Tomato Admin GUI, click on the remaining lease time under lease column in the Status -> Device List page.)

How To Fix Nexus S ICS Wifi Issue

If you have received errors like
Set ISCAN for wl_iw_combined_scan_set failed with -22
or your wifi turn on switch hangs, this is the solution for you
its appear that ICS is unable to set right frequency when your sim card country isnt US or EU, odd thing, but common thing about us (people who have wifi issue with ics) is that we don't live in us or eu.
fix is fairly simple, you need sqlite (which i got from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067944)
and all you need is to run
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO secure (name, value) VALUES ('wifi_country_code', 'EU');"
turn wifi on and off, then you are good to go until next reboot.
the thing is i wonder where i should put this command to make it run *at right time* on next login, /system/etc/init.d/99nexusinit didn't did the trick, any idea?

Sql you used is just for one session, use the one i added 1 line to and it should stick on reboot.
INSERT INTO secure (name, value) VALUES ('wifi_country_code', 'EU');
Commit;
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i received this error
SQL error: cannot commit - no transaction is active

Can read out of the database with
Select * from secure;
If not then there might be somethin wrong with the connection.
In this case add commit; to the original code you used.
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can you give a step by step instruction how to do this?
thanks

Thanks a lot dude , worked for me

can you tell me how you did it? step by step please..

just get the mentioned file from the link and run it , thats it , but you need to make sure you have a root access first !

raminchit said:
just get the mentioned file from the link and run it , thats it , but you need to make sure you have a root access first !
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ok so i plug in my phone with wifi not working and run the .bat file?
thats is?

yeap , thats what I did , with usb debugging enabled

raminchit said:
yeap , thats what I did , with usb debugging enabled
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it didnt work for me. i ran the tool it says succes but wifi doesnt work.

OP, can you please inform kernel developers about possible solution for us (with wifi iasues) so they incorporate it in their kernel's next versions?
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thegtfusion said:
it didnt work for me. i ran the tool it says succes but wifi doesnt work.
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emm
use adb push to upload sqlite3 to /mnt/sdcard, run the sqlite command under the adb shell.

lio02 said:
OP, can you please inform kernel developers about possible solution for us (with wifi iasues) so they incorporate it in their kernel's next versions?
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I don't know many developers around here, feel free to contact them on your own, fix is really simply enough.

arminzoup said:
emm
use adb push to upload sqlite3 to /mnt/sdcard, run the sqlite command under the adb shell.
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Can you give a step by step instructiom? Plz plz im a noob at adb..
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thegtfusion said:
Can you give a step by step instructiom? Plz plz im a noob at adb..
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Same here - did not work for me

amangoenka said:
Same here - did not work for me
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try this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403801