[OSX-Users] snow leopard / eduroam

[Leslie Carr]

Connecting to eduroam seems to be a dream now. I have always had huge  
problems at Kings College (where I am today) and now I know why!

Good Snow Leopard changes that I have noticed this morning
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First of all, the "fan" wireless menubar icon is animated so that you  
can see when the mac is scanning for networks.

Second, there is a new "fan + exclamation mark" icon that is shown  
while the connection process is active. THis is particularly useful  
for slow and unresponsive networks or authentication servers.

Thirdly, the Network Preference pane now explicitly shows the period  
that the 802.1X authentication is still underway.

Fourthly, the wording of the dialog box that warns you about the  
security now actively encourages you to check the certificate to make  
sure that it is appropriate.

All in all, without any tech support, I now know that my longstanding  
eduroam problems at Kings come from the fact that it is taking  
*several minutes* for the authentication to complete. Previously this  
process was invisible and I had obviously been interrupting to soon  
and trying different passwords and usernames.
--
Les