Using eduroam on MacOS Lion

NB!

We currently have certain problems regarding Lion and eduroam. Please see below.

Log on to eduroam using Mac OS X Lion

iOS and Lion uses the same configuration profiles. You can download our profile for iOS and Lion

You can also set up your connection to Eduroam manually. Lion can connect to Eduroam by just giving the credentials. A dialog box should pop up when trying to connect to the Eduroam network. Just fill in your DTU credentials, and remember the @dtu.dk suffix.

If Eduroam is not on your network list, you can add it your manually.

Open up the WiFi options in the top right corner

Chose Join other network...

Enter your dtu credentials, and remember the @dtu.dk suffix. Chose WPA-2 Enterprise in the Security menu.

Click Join

Your Macintosh computer should now be able to connect to Eduroam.

Known issues with Lion

Lion can sometimes crash when accessing the wireless networks. Symptoms can be a dark "curtain" showing on the monitor or a request to shutdown.

This issue is currently being investigated. In the meantime, disabling IPv6 on the WiFi card has been known to solve the issue for some users (but regrettably not for all).

To do disable IPv6, open a terminal. The terminal is found in the Applications and Utilities menu.

The you have to issue a series of commands to disable IPv6:

First, find your wifi card. To to that type in the command:

 $ networksetup -listallnetworkservices

If the card is e.g. called 'Wi-Fi', you can disable IPv6 with the command:

 $ sudo networksetup -setv6off "Wi-Fi"

Restart your computer. IPv6 has now been disabled on your Mac.

If this does not solve the issue, unfortunately we currently have no other known workarounds; but you are always welcome to send an e-mail to [1].

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