IMPORTANT UPDATE: APPARENTLY THE SECURITY CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO Verisign G2 Class 3, SO YOU NEED TO SELECT THIS INSTEAD OF THE ONE ADVISED IN THE TUTORIAL. SEE COMMENTS FOR MORE INFO.

HOPE THAT HELPS, ADMIN.

Something that has always troubled me since my arrival at Imperial is the my inability to get my WLAN loaded Nokia device to connect to the wireless network at the college. The authentication always failed and the search on the ICT website produced no fruitful results. The ICT does provide very detailed instructions for setting it up on the likes of iPhone but nothing for a Symbian device. The thought continued to bother me, more so while studying in the library for the exams and that was perhaps the best possible time to do everything else than study.

One fine day, after getting my new Nokia 5800 XM I spent about 2 hours and finally succeeded in connecting to the network. Here I’m giving all the detailed instructions of doing so, which saves a lot of time and gives more to do sitting in a boring class ;)

Note that this is a lengthy process, so follow the steps carefully. This works equally well on other WLAN featuring devices such as N95. Obviously, you need to be in the range of the network to get this to wrok :P

  1. In the main menu of the Nokia device, go to Settings >> Connectivity >> Destinations.
  2. Select Access Point (add new acc. pt.)
  3. Select Wireless LAN
  4. From the list of networks, select Imperial-WPA
  5. Go back, and select Internet from the Destinations menu (the one you get after Step 1). A list of your access points is shown.

  6. Select Imperial-WPA, click Options and select Edit.
  7. The next page contains a range of settings most of which will stay as they appear. Check that it has the following options selected.

  8. Double tap on WLAN security settings and check that the page shows the following.
  9. Now again double tap EAP plug-in settings, and enable EAP-PEAP while disabling all other EAP options. It should appear like this:
  10. Select Options for EAP-PEAP, and then Edit.
  11. The next screen is where you enter your college username (enter your OWN username), and also ensure the settings are the same as shown below. The two screenshots here show the complete settings. Make sure you select the right Authority Certificate (VeriSign Class 3 Public).

  12. If you just look at the top right corner of your screen, there is a small arrow pointing to the tab of next settings page. Click or tap that arrow (right button on non-touch devices). The next page shows another set of EAPs as shown below. Select (and enable) only EAP-MSCHAPv2 and disable others.
  13. Go to Options for EAP-MSCHAPv2 and click Edit (or simply double click on EAP-MSCHAPv2). The new page shows the option to enter username (again!) and the password.
  14. That’s it. All done! Select back as many times to get to the main connectivity screen. Go to Wireless LAN (on Settings >> Connectivity), select Imperial-WPA and hit connect.

Doesn’t take very long really once you know what to do. If you run into any trouble, drop in a comment and I’ll try to help out. I think the ICT guys may like this so I will try to ask them to put it up too.

The next HOWTO in this series of staying well connected will about getting your @imperial.ac.uk mails pushed on the Nokia devices. Obviously, if you’re connected you need to have the e-mails too!

Have fu, and enjoy the mobility!

P.S. I don’t know how to get this through to ICT so if anyone has a direct address of ICT guys, just forward ‘em the link.

50 Responses to “HOWTO: Connect Nokia Devices to Imperial Wireless Network!”

Ollie Tedder Says:
June 9th, 2009 at 12:49 am |

Ah brilliant! That’s been irritating me for ages but now finally know how to do it. Thanks!

Anas Says:
June 13th, 2009 at 11:07 pm |

Glad it worked :) Its a little bit complicated to set up for the first time though. I still didn’t find a direct ICT contact. This raelly needs to be on their page as I’m sure many students are looking for it.

Mike Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:15 am |

nice one - worked first time! I almost had it from looking at the ICT pages, but the key piece of info I was missing was the Verisign certificate.

thanks!

Mike

Anas Says:
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:05 pm |

@(dr) Mike: Thanks for dropping by!

Shawn Says:
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 am |

Good post!! ICT used to have an internal mannual and they refused to give a copy to me when I asked them for the setup procedure on my N95 8GB back in 2007. When I was forced to change college password last year I had no idea how to configure the settings, especially I forgot the certificate name. Now the guys from level 10 have the same document and they’re more than happy to send it over for your record.

Alexis Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 10:28 am |

hey man

thanks for that tutorial! it is perfect!

I would like to know if there is any way to make it is allways connected whenever is available the imperial-wpa connection

it’s quite boring to connect everytime when you want to go internet. Could it be like a computer that connects when it is available?

Thank u man

Anas Says:
August 4th, 2009 at 7:04 pm |

@Shawn: Thanks, they have it on level 10? Never knew that :)

@Alexis: That depends really on the handset. The new ones have the option of Priority and if you have the Imperial-WPA network on a higher priority then there is a good chance of that connection getting active when needed. Works nicely for me. And you’re welcome :)

N95 and PEAP Says:
September 16th, 2009 at 12:02 pm |

[...] Not sure if this is what you’re trying to do but one of our students has a blog entry on pretty much this topic - Anas’ blog Blog Archive HOWTO: Connect Nokia Devices to Imperial Wireless Network! [...]

Tom Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am |

Works great!
This has been bugging me for a while now.
Thanks
Tom

Dinah Says:
October 19th, 2009 at 1:19 pm |

Brilliant, thanks so much!

Yoshi Says:
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:53 pm |

Well done, unfortunately my phone is LG instead of Nokia. Do you by any chance know a way of connecting to Imperial Wireless network?

chintu Says:
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 am |

Thanks brother, I got it now we have to fill the username at 2 places in the peap as well as mschap settings. this is great I got connected after 2 months. so the key is enter the username at 2 places.
thanks a lot

Niccolo' Says:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:48 pm |

Worked at first time! Thank you

Ivan Says:
October 27th, 2009 at 11:28 am |

Thank you very much for the nice detailed setting

Alessandro Borghi Says:
November 19th, 2009 at 11:37 am |

hi Anas, thank you very much
I used your method to connect my e63 and it worked perfectly!
good job!
cheers

Alessandro

Ankur Says:
November 24th, 2009 at 3:47 pm |

thank you! you’re a saviour!!! cheers

James Says:
November 27th, 2009 at 11:30 am |

Thanks for the guide - worked fine (with some slightly different menu item names) for my E71.

LC Says:
December 25th, 2009 at 9:59 pm |

thanks for the guide! this should really be on the ICT website!

JB Says:
January 13th, 2010 at 11:19 am |

Thanks man, but something doesn’t seem to be working for me. I’ve checked everything 3 times, all the settings are definitely correct. Still when I try to connect afterwards, it thinks for a long time and then states an error: ‘Unable to connect to server. Server certificate expired.’ Could you please help me with that? What could I do? Thanks in advance.

Colin Cotter Says:
February 12th, 2010 at 9:22 am |

Awesome, this worked straight away - Thanks!

–cjc

Bright n95 Says:
March 5th, 2010 at 11:03 am |

This actually helped when trying to get my N95 on the corporate WiFi network - appreciate the screenshots - cheers

Colin Cotter Says:
May 20th, 2010 at 11:54 am |

Ah, this stopped working this week - has ICT changed their system and hence the required settings?

Kenny Says:
May 20th, 2010 at 12:55 pm |

Mine has stopped working this week as well.

It gives an error message that is either ‘EAP-PEAP authentification failed’
or
‘Unable to find WLAN’

Are blackberrys affected too? or just nokias

Chris Says:
May 20th, 2010 at 6:27 pm |

@Colin The certificate has been changed to G2 Verisign Class 3 certificate

Kenny Says:
May 20th, 2010 at 11:31 pm |

This has stopped working for me as well over the last week. It either says ‘EAP-PEAP authentication failed’ or ‘WLAN not found’. I hope there’s a solution soon.

Gareth Says:
May 21st, 2010 at 5:11 pm |

I did have my Nokia E71 working but it stopped a week or so ago. I tried re-doing everything but get EAP-PEAP authentication error. Any ideas?

Gareth Says:
May 21st, 2010 at 5:57 pm |

After some fiddling it worked. It seems the certificate required is the VeriSign G2 Class 3 V… (not sure of the rest as it gets truncated on my phone). I bet ICT changed it and didn’t tell any one!

Nathan Whitaker Says:
May 23rd, 2010 at 5:45 pm |

I have tried this, and in the past week i cannot connect to the network. I am using a E71, do you no of any changes that have been made?

Adam Says:
May 27th, 2010 at 12:54 pm |

My access on N97 to Imperial-WPA also stopped working. Any ideas how to fix it? Thanks.

Adam Says:
May 27th, 2010 at 12:56 pm |

From the Imperial College website:

Important - The Server Certificate for the Imperial-WPA and eduroam networks changed on 12/05/2010. You may be prompted to accept the new certificate the first time you connect. The new certificate is issued by Verisign.

Jeff Says:
June 1st, 2010 at 3:45 pm |

I just had success getting it to work again by changing the authority certificate to “Verisign G2 Class 3…”

Chibik0 Says:
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:01 am |

I had this problem as well, not sure when it’s started… Contacted ICT and it’s now been solved.

This is the solution for me:

“Please change the certificate in use by going to: Menu -> Settings -> Connectivity -> Destinations -> Internet -> Imperial -> WLAN security settings -> EAP plug-in settings -> EAP-PEAP -> and change VeriSign Class 3 Public to VeriSign G2 Class 3, probably the option directly above it. Save that and your wireless should work…”

I think this should solve the problem for all mobiles running on symbian OS S60v5.

Hope it can help you too :)

Andy Says:
October 8th, 2010 at 9:02 am |

Brilliant!After change VeriSign Class 3 Public to Verisign G2 Class 3,My E5-00 works as well~Thx

Anas Imtiaz Says:
October 11th, 2010 at 9:00 pm |

Wow! Glad to see this post is still of use :D

Ankush Says:
October 26th, 2010 at 11:49 am |

This was the feature that was missing from my phone. Excellent mate, Thanks a lot.

jin Says:
October 29th, 2010 at 3:14 pm |

Brilliant. Thanks for it!

Rafael Segundo Says:
November 9th, 2010 at 4:45 pm |

Thanks man!, I spend lot of time but I could not do it by myself

Colin Cotter Says:
November 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 am |

Yes, works again after changing the certificate type. Thanks!

Mahmood Says:
December 27th, 2010 at 9:47 pm |

Thank you for this! Finally can get my Nokia 5800 to connect :-)

Isaac Says:
March 1st, 2011 at 10:31 am |

i have a problem, i can connect to the intranet, but i can’t browse the internet after using these settings. Help please?

AJ Says:
March 7th, 2011 at 9:27 pm |

Hey, just wanted to say THANK YOU!!!!! This exact protocol worked for my E5 at my school in USA. (So this doesn’t only apply to Imperial College’s wireless!) You are a freakin’ genius!

ICT FAQ-An Imperial College London blog. Connecting a Nokia device to the Wireless Network Says:
March 10th, 2011 at 5:20 pm |

[...] If you own a Nokia device yourself or would like to have a go yourself, you can follow these non-ICT instructions here:  Connecting a Nokia device to the wireless network [...]

E5'er Says:
May 30th, 2011 at 1:42 pm |

I have an E5

notification ‘WLAN: Unable to conect. WLAN not found ” followed by “Web: unable to perform operation”
or “WLAN: EAP-PEAP authentication failed” followed by “Web: unable to perform operation”!
I’ve tried like you said before and I’ve tried with the Verisign G2 Class 3 but none of them works.
Can you help me please…

Gregory Says:
May 30th, 2011 at 1:44 pm |

I have a E5 and I’done like said above but I keep getting the notivication: “WLAN: EAP-PEAP authentication failed” Who can help me?

Niharika Says:
July 17th, 2011 at 2:55 pm |

Thanks a ton Anas!! It worked..:) :)

Art Says:
February 17th, 2012 at 3:49 pm |

Thanks, it worked

symbian Says:
April 29th, 2012 at 8:09 am |

finally using these method i can connect my nokia x6

Khateeb Says:
August 30th, 2012 at 8:54 am |

can anyone suggest my how to connect university wifi envrypted by wpa peap ..it requires .net wap server ca certificate.

Ratheesh Says:
October 5th, 2012 at 6:32 pm |

WLAN: Unable to connect-WLAN not found

Sabine Says:
January 9th, 2013 at 2:00 pm |

Thank you so much!

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