Overview
This article provides step-by-step instructions for connecting to the eduroam wireless network on the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system. The eduroam wireless network is the primary, official wireless network used by Metro State University and all students, faculty, and staff should be using this as their preferred wireless network. Users connecting to eduroam are encouraged to use the Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT) when configuring their endpoint as it streamlines the configuration process and is officially supported by InCommon, the higher education body managing and supporting eduroam. Please review the corresponding knowledge base (KB) articles for information regarding the CAT installation.
Instructions
Follow these steps to connect to the eduroam wireless infrastructure on personally owned Windows 11 devices.
- From your Windows desktop, open the network menu from the bottom corner of your system tray.
- View the list of available wireless networks by clicking on the Available icon displayed.
- Select eduroam from the list of available networkscheck the Connect Automatically checkbox, and click on the Connect button.
- You may be presented with a prompt to continue connecting to the network. Connection to the Minnesota State eduroam network is supported through the use of a fronting digital certificate. Select Show certificate details to view and verify the certificate information.
- Review the displayed information. The certificate used to support the Minnesota State eduroam infrastructure should be named eduroam.metrostate.edu and issued by the InCommon RSA Server CA 2 Server. Once you have verified the name and the issuing authority, click Connect.
NOTE: If the certificate information displayed does not match the "Issued to:" or "Issued by:" information presented here, do not proceed to connect. It is possible a threat actor could be attempting to use what is call an "evil twin" tactic to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack to compromise your connection. If you observe this scenario please: report a security incident.
- You will now be prompted to enter your Minnesota State login and then select OK button to proceed.
(Students: StarID@go.minnstate.edu and StarID password, Employees: StarID@minnstate.edu and StarID password)
- Your system will now be connected to the eduroam wireless network.
Additional Resources
Should your personally owned device encounter issues connecting to the Minnesota State eduroam network, or you have recently changed your password, you may need to ‘Forget Network’ wireless connection.