Wi-Fi setup for Linux

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1 Distributions supporting Wi-Fi

• The following distributions have been verified to support Wi-Fi.
  • Ubuntu 11.10
  • Fedora 16
  • Vine 6

2 Certificate installation

• Execute the openssl command from the command line to extract the user certificate, CA certificate, and private key from the downloaded certificate.
• User certificate

openssl pkcs12 -in XXXX.p12 -clcerts -nodes -out XXXX-cl.crt

• CA certificate

openssl pkcs12 -in XXXX.p12 -cacerts -nodes -out XXX-ca.crt

• Private key

openssl pkcs12 -in XXXX.p12 -cacerts -out XXXX.key

• Command execution requires entry of the password for the authentication system.
• For extracting the private key, a password for XXXX.key must be specified.

3 Connection to Wi-Fi network

• Click the fan-shaped Wi-Fi icon in the bar at the screen top.
• Select “sos” for ESSID.
• When the security setup screen appears, configure the connection as follows.
  • Security: WPA & WPA2 Enterprise
  • Authentication: TLS
  • Identifier: User’s 10-digit Universal ID
  • User certificate: Extracted user certificate
  • CA certificate: Extracted CA certificate
  • Private key: Extracted private key
  • Private key password: Password specified upon private key extraction

• Connect to the network.