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[Benoit LE TEXIER <address@concealed>]

Hello,

It seems the 802.1x authentication on wired interface is not currently supported under Linux with the cateduroam installer. The python script creates a wireless connection despite it is a wired profile. MacOS and Windows installers are working well but it doesn't work for the Linux installer.

I discovered few interesting options in network-manager (I have tested under Ubuntu 24) that helped me to create a working profile:

• connection.autoconnect-priority = 100       # The priority is high to make sure it is tested first on autoconnect
• connection.autoconnect-retries = 1            # The number of retries to connect in case of problem before trying the next profile
• 802-1x.auth-timeout = 10                           # The delay to wait in case no 802.1x is present on the link
• 802-1x.optional = true                                # Indicate that 802.1x is not mandatory on this profile

Using this parameters, it is possible to define a wired 802.1x profile that is first tried when connecting the wire. If there is 802.1x on the link, the credentials are sent and the connection succeed. If no 802.1x is present on the link, the 802.1x authentication will fail and the next wired profile (without 802.x) will be used.

Do you think it could be possible to integrate such configuration in the cateduroam Linux installer for wired 802.1x profiles?

Best regards,

Benoit Le Texier.