Unable to connect to a corporate 802.1x EAP network

[mattig89ch]

Hello all,

I'm very new to linux in general. But I'm having an issue, that nobody in the newbie help second seems to be able to help with.

So, I just installed the latest version of Mint on a refurbished Dell Latitude E6420. This one to be exact. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 77G7965331.

When I click on the listing of available wifi connections, and click on my companies wifi connection, the circle animation starts spinning. Then, when the available list refreshes, and its like I never clicked on the network connection in the first place. I also get this issue, when I try to conneciton to my local ISP (Optimum) wifi hotspot. Though I'm not sure if the hotspot uses the same encryption.

So far, I'm at a complete loss as to how to trouble shoot this. I don't get an error message/sound. So I can't determine the issue. Does anyone know of any reason why Mint, out of the box, wouldn't be able to connect to an EAP network?

[mattig89ch]

I'm going to go ahead and bump this thread. Entirely because I'm still completely lost, and google isn't returning anything useful.

Does anyone have a place to start troubleshooting this?

[mattig89ch]

I just figured it out! I found the Answer in here: viewtopic.php?t=188155.

Re: Network Manager won't ask for password

Post by mcganical » Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:12 pm

I found a simple solution:

Open 'Network Settings'
Choose 'Connect to a Hidden Network'
For Network Name, put the name of the network (in my case is was 'eduroam')
For Network Security, choose 'WPA & WPA2 Enterprise'
For Authentication, choose the last option: Protected EAP (PEAP)
Then add your username and password

Hope this helps someone else.

I'm on my Company Wifi right now, thanks to this.