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The eduroam Wi-Fi network asks me to accept a certificate for wireless-auth.berkeley.edu

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Users connecting a device to the eduroam Wi-Fi network for the first time often have to accept the certificate that is used for authentication. Existing wireless users may be prompted to accept a new certificate once a year when it is updated in the central systems.

This process is normal with an enterprise wireless network such as eduroam. A certificate is required to encrypt authentication but because it's not done through a web site a device may want the user to accept it instead of just allowing by default.

The certificate prompt may look like one of these:

macOS

macOS prompt to trust new certificate for eduroam Wi-Fi

 

Android

Android prompt to trust new certificate for eduroam Wi-Fi

 

iOS (iPhone, iPad)

iOS prompt to trust new certificate for eduroam Wi-Fi