Ubuntu – Can’t connect to wpa2-enterprise networks like eduroam with certificate in 15.10

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With Ubuntu 14.04 LTS I had no problem connecting to the different networks of my university, for example eduroam and others that use the same configuration. The configuration is the following:

  • SSID: eduroam
  • Security : WPA & WPA2 Enterprise
  • Authentication : Protected EAP (PEAP)
  • CA certificate: Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem (in /etc/ssl/certs)
  • PEAP version : Automatic
  • Inner authentication : MSCHAPv2
  • Username and password provided by the university.

Now with Ubuntu 15.10, the network keeps asking for me to confirm the password (already written in the dialog, just have to press enter) password and never connects. I have tried some of the answers to similar questions:

Best Answer

I added my username to the group 'netdev', logged out and in again, and now everything went smoothly. Found this info on a Debian site.