WiFi - eduroam - reinstallation

Step 1: Uninstalling an existing eduroam profile for Android

Before you can start setting up the eduroam WiFi configuration, the device must be free of older eduroam WiFi configurations. If the eduroam CAT app is already installed on your device, it is sufficient to delete this app.
If you have not installed the app on your end device, you can alternatively delete the WiFi configuration manually as follows:

• Open settings.
• Navigate to "Network and Internet" → "WiFi" → "Saved/Known Networks".
• Tap on each entry named "eduroam" and "eduroam-xyz" one after the other and tap "Remove/Forget" in each case.

Step 2: Reinstall Eduroam for Android

Important note on data protection

If the "Save to Google Drive" option is selected under "Settings / System / Backup" on your Android device, 802.1x credentials (e.g. your eduroam access data with Uni-ID and password) are also stored on Google servers secured. Since Google does not make any statements about how it is stored, in the worst case it must be assumed that this data will be transmitted and stored in plain text and therefore there is an increased data protection risk!

For Android there are 2 ways to install eduroam:

1) From version 8: Installation with GETeduroam

• Please install the "geteduroam" app
• After the installation, open the app and select "University of Bonn".
• Now enter your Uni-ID to log in (not just the Uni-ID, but including "...@uni-bonn.de").
• Click Connect to Network. The connection will be established automatically in a few seconds.

1) Installation with eduroam CAT

• Please install the "eduroam CAT" app
• Open the app, click on "Manual search", enter "Bonn" and select "University of Bonn".
• Confirm the requested permissions.
• Click on "Install" and allow the profile to be installed.
• Now enter your Uni-ID to log in (not just the Uni-ID, but including "...@uni-bonn.de") and then tap on "Install".
• The profile was successfully installed and the connection to eduroam was established.

Step 1: Uninstalling an existing eduroam profile for iOS
Before you can start installing the current eduroam profile file, the device must be free of older “eduroam” profile files. Delete them as follows:

• Open System Preferences.
• Search the "Profiles" category.
• Highlight the "eduroam®" entry with a click.
• Remove the selected profile by clicking the minus sign (-).
• If this category cannot be found in the settings, there is currently no configuration for Eduroam on the device and you can go directly to step 2 new installation.

Step 2: Reinstall Eduroam for iOS

To call up the required "eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT)" you need a working internet connection.

With the CAT tool you will receive a profile file with which you can set up eduroam under iOS.

• Download the profile file (preferably with Safari so that the profile is loaded automatically) and install the profile in the device settings.
• Now enter your Uni-ID to log in (not just the Uni-ID, but including "...@uni-bonn.de") and then tap on "Install". You may be asked to enter your user data several times at this point. This is necessary because the additional networks (SSIDs: eduroam-cs, eduroam-math, eduroam-stw and eduroam-ukb) are set up at the same time.

To the eduroam configuration assistant tool

When using the CAT installation program, an existing profile is usually completely overwritten so that you do not have to delete it manually. You can go straight to step 2. If problems should arise, you can delete the profiles manually as follows (step 1).

Step 1: Uninstalling an existing eduroam profile for Windows

• Open settings.
• Navigate to "Network and Internet" → "WLAN" → "Manage known networks".
• Remove all entries with the name "eduroam" and "eduroam-xyz" from the list by clicking on "Don't save".

Step 2: Eduroam reinstallation for Windows

To call up the required "eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT)" you need a working internet connection.

With the CAT tool you will receive an installation file with which you can set up eduroam under Windows. The tool (see link below) guides you to the appropriate configuration based on the Windows version:

• Now enter your Uni-ID to log in (not just the Uni-ID, but including "...@uni-bonn.de") and then tap on "Install".
• Windows connects to the network when available. Sometimes the connection to the university's Eduroam network has to be established manually by entering your personal access data ("uni-id@uni-bonn.de" and password).
  Please note that this will also set up the additional SSIDs eduroam-cs, eduroam-math, eduroam-stw and eduroam-ukb.

To the eduroam configuration assistant tool

Before you can start installing the current "eduroam" profile file, the device must be free of older "eduroam" profile files.

Step 1: Uninstalling an existing eduroam profile for MacOS

• Open System Preferences.
• Type "Profile" in the search bar.
• Highlight the "eduroam®" entry with a click.
• Remove the selected profile by clicking the minus sign (-).
• If this category cannot be found in the settings, there is currently no configuration for Eduroam on the device and you can go directly to step 2 new installation.

Step 2: Eduroam reinstallation for MacOS

To call up the required "eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT)" you need a working internet connection.

With the CAT tool you will receive a profile file with which you can set up eduroam under macOS. 

• Download the profile file (preferably with Safari so that the profile is loaded automatically) and install the profile in the device settings.
• Now enter your Uni-ID to log in (not just the Uni-ID, but including "...@uni-bonn.de") and then tap on "Install". You may be asked to enter your user data several times at this point. This is necessary because the additional networks (SSIDs: eduroam-cs, eduroam-math, eduroam-stw and eduroam-ukb) are set up at the same time.

To the eduroam configuration assistant tool

Step 1: Uninstalling an existing eduroam profile for Linux

• Open settings.
• Select category WiFi.
• Open the additional menu (" ⋮ " character at the top right next to the WLAN switch).
• Select menu item "Known wireless networks".
• Select all entries with the name "eduroam" and "eduroam-xyz" (tick the box to the left of the name).
• Click on the "Forget" button on the left below the list and confirm.

Step 2: Eduroam reinstallation for Linux

Recommended: Using the "eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT)".
With the CAT tool you get a Python script, with which you can set up eduroam under Linux. As a prerequisite, you must have the python and dbus-python packages installed.

• Open a terminal and run the script through the following command with the path to the script file: “python3 eduroam-linux-Universitat_Bonn-Users_with_valid_Uni-ID.py”
• Confirm the following window with "OK".
• Confirm the message with "Yes".
• Enter your access data (Uni-ID and password). The Uni-ID must be entered in full with the addition "..."@uni-bonn.de.
• The installation was successful. Click on "Ok".
• The connection to the Eduroam network is automatically established.

To the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool