Campus does not really document WiFi connection settings for
Linux/Unix at all:
https://it.mst.edu/services/wireless/mst/
Follow these steps to do so:
Make sure you have networkmanager managing your wireless connection
(this is standard for 98% of desktop environments in Linux).
Register your MAC address with campus:
Open your terminal, type the command:
ip --color address
In the output, look for your wireless card, often something like
wl***
Notice it’s link/ether address, you will need that below
Sign in as instructed here
https://it.mst.edu/services/device-registration/ and register the MAC
address from above.
Click on the neworkmanager icon (on your title bar in Gnome, KDE,
XFCE, etc), and click to connect to either MST or
MST-WPA-N network.
Accept defaults, and on the Wi-Fi Security tab, choose settings as
follows:
1.2 OpenVPN
OpenVPN is actually pretty good, but campus documents the VPN
functionality for Windows and Mac, but doesn’t really do so
sufficiently, simply, or accurately for Linux/Unix.
1.2.1 Install
Download the OpenVPN config file from the Windows or Mac example
here: https://it.mst.edu/services/vpn/ Note: Do NOT follow the instructions for Ubuntu Linux at the
above link.
After installation, you may either use 1) GUI networkmanager, or 2)
Terminal to connect.
1.2.2 Option 1: GUI networkmanager
(easiest)
Right click on the network-manager icon, click “edit
connections”
Click the “+” button (for adding a new connection)
Under “choose a connection type”, choose “import saved VPN
configuration” (which you downloaded in step 0). Pick that file.
Type in campus username (with or without @umsystem) and password in their relevant
fields, click ok.
Just click on the VPN in the network-manager menu, check the box,
and you’re done!
Check your IP address to be sure you’re connected:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=what+is+my+ip+address
Note: if you get certificate errors, use a more up-to-date
distribution and/or version of OpenVPN.
1.2.3 Option 2: Terminal (if you
are remote or headless)
Note: to stay connected to the VPN, run this in the background,
and/or leave the terminal open.
