Connecting to Melbourne Uni with a Nokia Symbian phone wasn’t as easy as I thought, but I managed to get it to work on my E71. It should work with 802.11x enabled phones, N-series and E-series, and all Series 60 Symbian OS phones.
The Wireless SSID is “UniWireless”
Alright, here goes!
A. Define SSID
- Go to Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > Access points.
- Click on Options, then New access point.
- Under Connection name, key in UniWireless.
- Under Data bearer, select Wireless LAN.
- Under WLAN network name, key in UniWireless.
- Under Network status, leave as Public.
- Under WLAN netw. mode, leave as Infrastructure.
- Under WLAN security mode, select 802.1x.
- Click on WLAN security settings, it redirects to another page.
- Under The WPA/WPA2 , leave it as EAP.
- Enter EAP plugin-settings, and brings you to another page.
- ENABLE EAP-PEAP (check mark will only appear beside EAP-PEAP) and DISABLE the rest. Leave ONLY EAP-PEAP enabled.
- Enter EAP-PEAP, and you will get into another page.
B. Configuring EAP-PEAP
- Under Personal certificate, leave it as Not defined.
- Under Authority certificate, select Thawte Premium Server.
- Under User name in use, select User defined.
- Under User name, key in your UniMelb UserID. (the one for e-mail login purposes)
- Under Realm in use, select User defined.
- Under Realm, leave as BLANK.
- Under Allow PEAPv0, select Yes.
- Under Allow PEAPv1, select No.
- Under Allow PEAPv2, select No.
- Move to EAPs tab, by pressing your right arrow key. (most people don’t notice this tab!)
C. Configuring EAP-MSCHAPv2
- ENABLE EAP-MSCHAPv2 (check mark will only appear beside EAP-MSCHAPv2) and DISABLE the rest. Leave ONLY EAP-MSCHAPv2 ENABLED.
- Click on EAP-MSCHAPv2, and you will get into a new page.
- Under User name, key in your UniMelb UserID. (the one for e-mail login purposes)
- Under Prompt password, select No.
- Under Password, key in your UniMelb Password.
- Click Back 3 times.
D. Proxy Setup
- Click Options > Advanced Settings
- Leave IPv4 and IPv6 settings.
- Proxy server address should be: wwwproxy.student.unimelb.edu.au
- Proxy port number: 8000
- Click Back all the way till Standby screen.
E. Scanning For UniWireless SSID
- Turn On your WLAN scanning and you should be able to detect and connect to “UniWireless” network.
For other phones or devices, you should try this site:
UniMelb User Guides for Getting Connected
Davies Lim
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Hi,
Thanks for the post. It works like magic =) I could browse the internet no prob but somehow I can’t get my msn or fring working. It says that the connection could not be established. Would you happen to be able to work out some magic for this problem too ?
Thanks again.
msn and fring won’t work cuz of the way the ports are blocked! No other way to get on msn atm! I’ll find a way haha :D
thaks for the article… Unimelb doesn’t provide guideline for the Symbian phone. Really helpful..
Thanks – it works!
Ah, moving tabs was the key. Many thanks!
Thank you very much! Your a life-saver! It works perfectly now.
Thanks for this, wondering if you know whether (or anybody for that matter) has any idea how to get uniwireless working on Android?
Thanks a lot. You’re genius!
Works very well with Nokia N97, able to browse via Opera Mobile.
Thanks a lot.
[Just in case other N97 users are wondering: between step B6 and B7 there's a "TLS privacy" setting - it can be left "Off".]