Wireless Network Setup Guide for GovWiFi – Linux Fedora 11

(English)

From the panel, right click the “NetworkManager” icon and select “Edit

Connections…”

(Remarks: Ensure “Enable Wireless” is ticked)

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OR

From the panel, select “System”>“Preferences”>“Network Connections”

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Under “Wireless” tab, click “Add”

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-- Encrypted connection (freegovwifi-e) Settings --

In “Connection name”, input “freegovwifi-e” Un-tick “Connect automatically” Under “Wireless” tab,

In “SSID”, input “freegovwifi-e” Ensure “Mode” is “Infrastructure”

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Under “Wireless Security” tab,

In “Security”, select “WPA & WPA2 Enterprise” In “Authentication”, select “Protected EAP (PEAP)” Ensure “PEAP Version” is “Automatic” Ensure “Inner Authentication” is “MSCHAPv2” In both “User Name” and “Password”, input “govwifi” (without the double

quotes) Press “Apply”

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In the “Create Default Keyring” pop-up window,

In both “Password” and “Confirm password”, input “govwifi” (without the double quotes)

Press “Create”

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Ensure “freegovwifi-e” connection is created Press “Close” to exit

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-- Unencrypted connection (freegovwifi) Settings --

In “Connection name”, input “freegovwifi” Un-tick “Connect automatically” Under “Wireless” tab,

In “SSID”, input “freegovwifi” Ensure “Mode” is “Infrastructure”

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Under “Wireless Security” tab,

Ensure “Security” is “None” Press “Apply”

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Ensure “freegovwifi” connection is created Press “Close” to exit

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-- Connect to GovWiFi -- ο Encrypted Connection

From the panel, click the “NetworkManager” icon

Select SSID “freegovwifi-e” for the encrypted connection

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“freegovwifi-e” connection is established

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ο Unencrypted Connection

From the panel, click the “NetworkManager” icon

Select SSID “freegovwifi” for the unencrypted connection

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“freegovwifi” connection is established

Remarks: The configuration may applicable to other Linux environment like Ubuntu and Red Hat etc. If there is any difference among Linux platforms, please refer to the Wi-Fi setting in the corresponding guide.

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