App for Enterprise 802.1x WiFi Connectivity

I can connect to a WPA-Enterprise network just fine on the Droid with my AD credentials.

 

To be honest, I do not exactly remember what the setup screen was like. I know on the network I use, there is a root certificate that needed to be installed on Windows, Mac, iPhone, etc. However, I was able to connect without using a certificate on Android (I wasn't able to install the certificate manually, and the IT department doesn't support Android). When I clicked on the network, I simply selected "802.1x Enterprise" in the Security field, left all other fields blank (Certificate, etc), then entered my Active Directory ID and password in the Identity and Wireless Password fields, and it worked well ever since. I suppose you can see the fields that I saw by clicking on Add WiFi Network on the bottom of the wireless network list in WiFi Settings and selecting 802.1x Enterprise in the Security field.

I am currently connected to the network, and here is what I get in the pop-up window when I click on the network name in list in the WiFi Settings menu:

Status: Connected
Speed: 54 Mbps
Signal Strength: Fair
Security: Enterprise (802.1x)
IP Address: **.**.**.*** (can't post the IP address here for obvious reasons )

 

anyone ever solve this issue?

 

so, I don't know what happened, but when I came into work today, my WIFI connected. Very strange. but apparently Android 2.1 now has 802.1x enterprise access. I'm so confused!!!!

 

Hello all,

I have released an application on the Android Market (WiFi Config Editor) that allows you to edit the WiFi settings as are stored in the internal WPA_Supplicant WITHOUT the need to Root the device.

A number of people have found this to solve their WiFi networking issues.

Let me know if you have any issues with it.

--OddRain

 

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Seeing two access points in the list is not uncommon, in fact it happens for myself on my work network. Can you email me an example .mobileconfig file your IT department uses to get an iPhone on the network? From that I should be able to tell you what you need to set the settings at to get your android phone on your network.

I'll do what I can to help get the issue solved for you.
--OddRain

 

OddRain:

I am having the exact same issue as caintgetrite (post #9). I also purchased the pro version to get the enterprise settings. Although I am mostly happy with my phone, there a few things that do not work and make me crazy. Not being able to connect to the 802.1x wifi at work (I work at a university) is one of them.

I would be happy to send you a copy of our .mobileconfig file if that would help. In fact, I would be more than happy to do anything to help troubleshoot and solve this problem. Would make a lot of Android toting students happy as well.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

 

Someone figured out how to make it work on our network. Pro version was not necessary. Basically set up a new wifi network, enter ssid, choose 802.1x enterprise security and then enter credentials (identity and password). Go into wifi config, and uncheck wpa_eap in the Key Management section. Back out and go back to wireless, it should just connect. This did the trick for us.

Hope this helps others.

 

Special Thanks to Oddrain for his wifi config app.

 

At first try this didn't work for me - but I went back into the wifi config application and unchecked wpa_eap credentials again and everything worked perfectly. Finally!

 

Any luck with this yet? I too am on a WEP 802.1x wireless network and would like to get my Droid X to connect - tried the stuff above, to no avail.

 

Here's something I noticed going thru the Security logs on the RADIUS servers - it looks like the account name being passed from the Android device is coming in with quotes, and throwing it off, generating a user not found error...

i.e. instead of passing username, it passes "username", and Windows RADIUS tries to resolve the username then as DOMAIN\"username" and fails...

 

Got it!

I downloaded WiFi Advanced Configuration Editor by Marcus905, and modified the settings with that tool (username/password set), and then backed out completely, and went to my Wireless network settings and disabled/enabled the radio, and poof! I got connected. Woo hoo

Droid X running 2.2

 

Guys,

I got it work on my new Android 2.1 phone. yes, I was able to connect to 802.1x wifi.

Fix #

1) Download Wifi Advanced Configurtion App and its free.

2) Add a new wifi-network as per your employer instructions. Now, you will see two "XXX" SSID one showing as "secure with WEP" and other as "not in range"

3) Open the App and uncheck the WPA_EAP setting in Key Management for the wi-fi network you created.

4) Your wireless should have already connected now.

I hope this solves all your issues.

 

Hello Incrediblefun,
Thank you so much for this valuable piece of advice. What you suggested worked like a charm for me. Was struggling with getting wi-fi for quite a few hours and finally downloaded Advanced Wi-fi Configuration tool but it was still not working. As soon as I implemented what you said (i.e. uncheck wpa_eap in the key management section), it just worked immediately.
Thank you so much.
cheers
Ankur

 

The information on Post#23 worked for me also, running Droidx on 2.2. I needed 802.1x Enterprise option, but after the 2.2 upgrade the options changed to 802.1x EAP. Anyways I selected the 802.1x EAP and configured everything else with respect to corporate configuration, then used the wifi app mentioned previously to edit the Key management and it worked. Thank you, nat4android