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[Stefan Winter <stefan.winter AT restena.lu>]

Hello,

> I am curious as I'm concerned my current computer will break down abroad
> (it's been chancey lately) and I'll lose my eduroam certification which
> I won't be able to restore without returning to the US.  Also, I've got
> a 2006 Macbook running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) which will only allow
> manual config - I'm also concerned that I won't be able to use eduroam
> abroad if I have just a manual config.  Please let me know!

You are probably the same person that asked a very similar question on
the Confluence wiki very recently, right? Here's the answer for the
benefit of people on the list:

When the user "gets it right" i.e. sets all the configuration parameters
as required, eduroam will work on any hotspot, whether it is the home
institution's own or a roaming hotspot, and regardless whether CAT was
used for the setup or not.

eduroam CAT makes the configuration easier and eliminates sources of
human error during the configuration; so chances are way higher to get
to a working setup. It does not matter where you execute the CAT
installer; it will do its job location-independently.

The reason why we usually suggest to do the configuration at home first
is that if something went wrong during the intitial setup, your own
helpdesk is near and can help you.

Greetings,

Stefan Winter

P.S.: Your Macbook with 10.6 can probably get a free update to 10.9
which enables eduroam setup with CAT. You should check the "Mavericks"
app on the Mac App Store.

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