Eduroam – Connect Mac OS X 10.3+
These instructions explain how to connect a Mac OS X 10.3 or newer computer to the eduroam wireless service. If you are using Mac OS X 10.4 or newer, we strongly recommend you use the automated setup wizard instead.
There are two main steps to complete:
Import the University’s Root CA Certificate
- Locate the Airport menu at the top of the screen.
- Click on it and select Turn Airport On, if not already:
- Click on the Airport menu again and choose the Bristol-WiFi-Setup signal
- Using Safari, download the University’s CA Certificate file by going to: www.wireless.bris.ac.uk/certs/is-cacert.crt
- Open the file just downloaded, and when asked “Do you want to add the certificate to a keychain”, change the Keychain option to System, and then click OK.
Configure wireless settings
- Click on the Airport menu again and click on eduroam in the list of available wireless networks:
- A username and password window should appear. Enter your Bristol username with @bristol.ac.uk appended. For example, if your username is ab1234, enter ab1234@bristol.ac.uk as your username.
- Use your normal Bristol password.
- 802.1X Configuration should be set to Automatic.
- Tick the Remember password in my keychain box if you wish (not recommended if you share use of your computer with other people).
- Click OK
- You may then get a box stating “The server certificate is not trusted because there are no explicit trust settings”. Click Show Certificate.
- You should now be presented with a window titled “Verify Certificate”. It should say eduroam.wireless.bris.ac.uk in the middle of the window.
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- Check that it says This certificate is valid in the middle of the window.
- Tick the box Always trust these certificates
- Click Continue
- Your computer will now authenticate with the network and then you should be able to access the internet. If you get an error saying that authentication has failed, repeat the above steps.
