Example: Linux Mint
This guide uses Linux Mint 22.3 as an example. Ultimately, eduroam can be set up in the same way on any reasonably up-to-date Linux distribution, provided it uses the NetworkManager software, and a Python interpreter is installed (Python version 3 is supported).
Download the installation file via the HTWD-Web Wi-Fi network at HTW Dresden or any internet connection. You do not need to be within range of an eduroam access point when running the script.
Downloading the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool
Open the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool page. If the operating system has been detected correctly, click the button to download the configuration programme.
Otherwise, select Choose another installer to download and then select the correct download. The file name must contain Gen3.
Running the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool
Open a console window and navigate to the folder containing the file you downloaded, usually by typing ‘cd Downloads’.
Type 'python3 eduroam-linux-HfTuWD-eduroam-Gen3.py' and press Enter. The configuration programme will start.
Confirm the message stating that the script is only intended for use by HTW members. If a previous installation exists, you must also confirm that the files will be overwritten.
For students, the Eduroam login consists of a lower-case s, the HTWD ID (five or seven digits) and @htw-dresden.de. For staff, it takes the form username@htw-dresden.de. For security reasons, you must enter your password twice.
Finally, you will receive a success message from the script. Your computer automatically connects to the eduroam Wi-Fi network when access points are within range.
If this is not the case, turn Wi-Fi off and on.
Often user name or password is entered incorrectly. In this case, please run again the configuration program.
Please note:
The eduroam connection will not work unless you include @htw-dresden.de after your username! Although it may look similar to (or even be identical with) an email address, the eduroam username has nothing to do with it from a technical point of view. If you have accidentally used your email address in the form firstname.lastname@htw-dresden.de as your eduroam username, eduroam will not work. Please enter all letters in lower case. The Wi-Fi connection will not work if your HTW login name or the appended @htw-dresden.de contains capital letters. Spaces or tabs in the username or password are invalid. They are particularly difficult to spot at the end of the username! Only personal logins are authorised to access eduroam, such as regular HTW logins for students and staff. If eduroam is required for other purposes (e.g. guests at the HTW or devices without a personal account), please read the relevant instructions.