Instructions

1. On your phone, swipe down from the top of the screen to open the Quick Settings drop-down menu. Tap the Wi-Fi icon to turn Wi-Fi on. The button should be coloured and not greyed out. Tap on 'Wi-Fi ' drop-down menu below the icon to open the list of available Wi-Fi networks. 
   
   

2. Select the 'eduroam' network. 
   
   

3. In the pop-up window, populate the necessary fields to match the screenshot below, then tap Connect. (username@uwaterloo is your 8 character username e.g. j25rober@uwaterloo.ca)
   EAP method: PEAP
   Phase 2 authentication: MSCHAPV2 (For Android 9, the ‘Phase 2 authentication’ setting is in the ‘Advanced Settings’ menu.)
   CA Certificate: Do not validateUse System Credentials
   Domain: eduroam.uwaterloo.ca
   Identity: username@uwaterloo.ca
   Password: your password
   

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4. You will now be connected to the eduroam wireless network. 
   
   

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How to connect to eduroam with an Android

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8 or 9 device

1. Tap Settings.

2. From the menu, tap Wireless networks.

3. Tap Wi-Fi settings.

4. Tap eduroam.

5. From the EAP method drop-down list, tap PEAP.

6. From the Phase 2 authentication drop-down list, tap MSCHAPv2. (For Android 9, the ‘Phase 2 authentication’ setting is in the ‘Advanced Settings’ menu.) 

7. From the CA certificate drop-down list, tap Use system certificates.In the Domain text box, type: eduroam.uwaterloo.ca tap Do not Validate. The following message: “No certificate specified. Your connection will not be private” will appear. 

8. In the Identity text box, type your 8-character username @uwaterloo.ca (e.g. j25rober@uwaterloo.ca) 

9. Clear the Anonymous identity text box so that it is empty.

10. In the Password text box, type your password.

11. Tap Connect.

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