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Wicd template for eduroam at the University of Waterloo

Waterloo’s jumping aboard the eduroam bandwagon and is phasing out their uw-secure network on November 1st, 2010. Here’s the wicd template that you need connect to eduroam, just place it in the /etc/wicd/encryption/templates/ on Arch Linux and add your template to the active file in the same directory:

name = Eduroam UW
author = Steven She
version = 1
require username *Username password *Password
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ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
    ssid="$_ESSID"
    scan_ssid="$_SCAN"
    proto=RSN
    key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
    pairwise=CCMP
    group=CCMP
    eap=PEAP
    identity="$_USERNAME"
    password="$_PASSWORD"
    ca_cert="/usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/GlobalSign_Root_CA.crt"
    phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}