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[[cat-users]] Question / ProxyType setting in eduroam CAT profile for Apple devices (.mobileconfig)

From: <dominic.stalder AT unibe.ch>
To: <cat-users AT lists.geant.org>
Cc: <christian.rohrer AT switch.ch>, <philippe.boillat AT unibe.ch>, <philipp.tobler AT unibe.ch>, <tobias.hagenow AT unibe.ch>
Subject: [[cat-users]] Question / ProxyType setting in eduroam CAT profile for Apple devices (.mobileconfig)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:24 +0000

Dear CAT users list

We face a lot of incidents, where our users can successfully install our provided eduroam CAT profile on their Apple Mac devices. WiFi works great as long as their remain on campus and they are connected to eduroam; as soon as they leave the campus and use any other SSID, they face severe WiFi problems.

We discovered the root cause in the Proxy Type setting = Auto. It must not be set to Auto like it is configured by the mobile config (sorry, printscreen is in German):

<key>PayloadType</key>

<string>com.apple.wifi.managed</string>

<key>ProxyType</key><string>Auto</string>

<key>ProxyPACFallbackAllowed</key>

<true/>

Is there a way to disable / change this ProxyType setting on the eduroam CAT administrator interface?

Thanks a lot and best regards

Dominic

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Universität Bern

Abteilung Informatikdienste

Dominic Stalder

Network Engineer

Hochschulstrasse 6

CH-3012 Bern

Tel. +41 (0)31 684 38 18

dominic.stalder AT unibe.ch

www.id.unibe.ch

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[[cat-users]] Question / ProxyType setting in eduroam CAT profile for Apple devices (.mobileconfig), dominic.stalder, 09/19/2024