Cannot connect to WPA Enterprise networks

Bug #1283763 reported by Kai Mast
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
indicator-network (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Matthew Paul Thomas
unity8 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

I cannot connect to a wireless network that uses enterprise WPA (which asks not only for a password but also for a username) on a Touch device.

It seems like there is just no GUI implemented to handle that, as nothing happens when I ty to connect.

Michał Sawicz (saviq)
Changed in unity8:
status: New → Confirmed
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Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki) wrote :

Indeed, the UI is missing.

Changed in indicator-network:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity8:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in indicator-network:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Tony Espy (awe) wrote :

I just changed the Importance to WishList, as WPA Enterprise support was never planned for the first release of Ubuntu Touch.

description: updated
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Wishlist
Changed in indicator-network:
importance: Medium → Wishlist
Changed in unity8:
importance: Medium → Wishlist
Michał Sawicz (saviq)
Changed in unity8 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
Michał Sawicz (saviq)
no longer affects: unity8
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Kai Mast (kai-mast) wrote :

I would not consider this bug wishlist, by the way.

Many universities use WPA enterprise networks. So this bug makes unity-desktop-next unusable for me.

tags: added: quantal
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Marco (jermy-07) wrote :

It was referred to as a priority in the latest thread: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg09983.html

Pete Woods (pete-woods)
no longer affects: indicator-network
Pete Woods (pete-woods)
tags: added: connectivity
Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Confirmed
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Ju (belz-julian) wrote :

Hi there!

I just managed to get connected to the so called "eduroam" wireless network that uses enterprise WPA by following the instructions given at

http://www.danbishop.org/2015/02/21/add-eduroam-or-any-other-802-1x-wireless-network-to-ubuntu-phone/

ADDITIONALLY I had to change the ownership of the connection file as well as the usergroup to 'root'.
It is just a workaround, but it is not that difficult if you have installed the terminal app.

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Maarten Bonnema (g-m-bonnema) wrote :

Hi There too,

Yes, I managed as well by manually editing. In fact I took a working eduroam settings-file from my laptop, removed the mac-address, and moved it to the ubuntu phone. Indeed chmod +600 was necessary.
Also, strangely, I had to change eap to ttls and phase2-auth to pap.
Now it works.

MaBo

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aimar (aimar.orbe) wrote :

I also tried the instructions Ju commented but failed. Maybe because my university requires a certificate file that, either, I did not install or did not set the path properly in the settings file. My university uses WPA2-AES, TTLS and PAP along username, password and the mentioned certificate.

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

This will be part of the wi-fi authentication dialog, as used by not just the network indicator, but also System Settings, the first-run setup, the wi-fi suggestion prompt, and the authentication-changed prompt. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wi-fi-authentication-variations>

Changed in indicator-network (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
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Kai Mast (kai-mast) wrote :

Honestly, I don't understand how you could even release a phone without this feature. I would be so pissed if my phone didn't support a huge chunk of the wifi networks.

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aimar (aimar.orbe) wrote :

I GOT IT! Thanks to the new comment provided by Markcortbass in http://www.danbishop.org/2015/02/21/add-eduroam-or-any-other-802-1x-wireless-network-to-ubuntu-phone/. I also set the path properly for the ca.pem file adding to the string: \nca-cert=etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ca.pem

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