This document describes what I did to access the "restricted.utexas.edu" wireless network at UT. Your mileage may vary. UT ITS provides instructions for connecting to the wireless network using Linux. This page is applicable to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04.
Ubuntu comes with Gnome's NetworkManager
which makes connecting to wireless networks a lot easier than it
was in the past. NetworkManager (present as a small icon on the
top right corner of the screen) shows a list of wireless networks.
Choose "restricted.utexas.edu".
Choosing this network pops up a window asking for some login
information. Enter details as shown in the figure below. The only
field that deserves mention is "CA Certificate File". This file is
the text file obtained by following steps 1-5 of the instructions
provided by UT ITS. You can also download it here. I am not a lawyer,
but to the best of my knowledge and understanding, the Thawte Root Certificate License
Agreement does not prevent me from making this certificate file
available here. You should follow the instructions provided by ITS
to make sure you got the right certificate file.
At this point, you should be able to connect to the restricted.utexas.edu wireless network. I hope these instructions were useful.
Last modified: Tue Apr 24 19:00:54 CDT 2007