Saturday, June 18, 2011

Android and WPA2-Enterprise

It seems that anytime I really need this, I forget how to set it up. These are the instructions for setting up Android inside a WPA2-Enterprise scenario:
  1. Click the Menu button and select ‘Settings’.
  2. Scroll to the top and select ‘Wireless & Networks’.
  3. Make sure the that ‘Wi-Fi’ selection is checked
  4. Select ‘Wi=Fi Settings’
  5. Under Wi-Fi networks you will see a list of available networks, in case of the University of Cincinnati, one can select  ‘Securewireless’ to configure. If you do not see it, proceed to manual configure below.
  6. In the pull down menu of ‘EAP Method’, select ‘PEAP’.
  7. In the pull down menu of ‘Phase 2 authentication’, select ‘MSCHAPV2′.
  8. Scroll past CA certificate and Client certificate
  9. In the ‘Identity’ field enter your login at UCIT (your 6+2 login)
  10. Skip the ‘Anonymous identity’ field.
  11. In the password field enter your wireless password. (If your cursor is stuck at ‘Identity’ click “next” on your keypad twice to get to Password).
  12. Select Connect. The account settings, including username/password are now saved and you will connect automatically when ‘Securewireless’ is in range.
For Manual configuration, you need to…
  1. Scroll to the bottom and select ‘Add Wi-Fi Network’
  2. In ‘Network SSID’ enter ‘Securewireless’
  3. Scroll down to ‘Security’ and select ‘802.1x Enterprise’
  4. Scroll down to ‘EAP Type’ and select ‘PEAP’
  5. Scroll down to ‘Phase 2 authentication’ and select ‘MSCHAPV2′.
  6. Scroll down and enter your login in the ‘Identity’ field, skip the ‘Anonymous Identity’ field, and enter your password in the ‘Wireless password’ field.
  7. Select save and you with connect. The account settings, including username/password are now saved and you will connect automatically when ‘Securewireless’ is in range.

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