Cannot connect to WPA Enterprise networks

[Kai Mast]

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.

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

Indeed, the UI is missing.

[Tony Espy (awe)]

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

[Kai Mast (kai-mast)]

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.

[Marco (jermy-07)]

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

[Ju (belz-julian)]

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.

[Maarten Bonnema (g-m-bonnema)]

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

[aimar (aimar.orbe)]

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.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

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>

[Kai Mast (kai-mast)]

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.

[aimar (aimar.orbe)]

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