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[Tomasz Wolniewicz <address@concealed>]

Sorry for responding too fast. I did not realise that the newest system
claims to support 801.1x. I know I was not able to install it last time
I tried and I just assumed the old truth that there was no support just
held.

Tomasz


W dniu 18.01.2019 o 16:00, Stefan Winter pisze:
> Hello,
>
> I tried to read up on this a bit. I found an interesting thread in the
> Apple discussion forums:
>
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8556259?page=2
>
> It seems to be the case that 802.1X support is *in principle* in the
> device, but incredibly buggy.
>
> If anything, there is a glimpse of a possible workaround in those posts
> where you'd turn off Cellular before trying to install and use Wi-Fi.
> And turning on Cellular again might kill your configuration and you're
> back to square 1. And/or rebooting might help if you lose the ability to
> reconnect.
>
> To be honest, I think it's best to wait until this feature is actually
> stable before investigating much further.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Stefan Winter
>
> Am 18.01.19 um 15:01 schrieb Kevin Callado Lara:
>> Hello,
>> As long as i know, the WatchOs 5 supports 802.1x/Enterprise
>> authentication and i contact directly with apple and told me that the
>> apple watch requires (802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz). Also I contacted with the
>> service from my university (UPC) who manage the eduroam here and they
>> told me that the new version of the apple watch is compatible with the
>> eduroam and i should contact directly with eduroam cat to solve the 
>> problem.
>>
>> I attach you the steps to install the profile with the iphone using
>> safari and the error im getting.
>>
>> Also i attach the steps when i try to connect directly with eduroam
>> using the apple watch.
>>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> El 18/01/2019 a las 14:24, Tomasz Wolniewicz escribió:
>>> Apple Watch DOES NOT support the enterprise WPA at all. It is probably a
>>> bug in iOS that iPhone even suggests installing the profile on the
>>> Watch, it should know better that it cannot happen.
>>>
>>> Tomasz
>>>
>>>
>>> W dniu 18.01.2019 o 14:21, Stefan Winter pisze:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>> Estoy intentando instalar el perfil de eduroam de la UPC en el apple
>>>>> watch pero me da un error en la instalación. Según tengo entendido el
>>>>> perfil de eduroam es compatible con el apple watch y su instalación es
>>>>> mediante el iphone a través de safari y con el instalador recomendado.
>>>>> Tengo la versión 5.1.2 del apple watch y la versión del iphone es la 
>>>>> 12.1.2.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alguna idea para solucionar el error? También he intentado conectarme
>>>>> directamente mediante el apple watch poniendo el user y el password pero
>>>>> tampoco me deja conectarme.
>>>> To be honest, this is the first request we get about Apple Watch. I also
>>>> don't have one, so know very little about it.
>>>>
>>>> From what you write, you first installed eduroam with an installer
>>>> profile on the iPhone. Is that right? Did it work, i.e. is the iPhone on
>>>> eduroam now?
>>>>
>>>> And then, you followed some procedure to push the settings or profile
>>>> from the iPhone to the Apple Watch? Do you maybe have a link describing
>>>> that procedure?
>>>>
>>>> Finally, you say there was an error. Could you let us know what the
>>>> error message was, or send a screenshot or similar?
>>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> Stefan Winter
>>>>
>
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Tomasz Wolniewicz    
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