How to connect microcontrollers (Arduino) and single board computers (Raspberry Pi) to the UAL network
Many microcontrollers and single board computers have trouble with connecting to more secure networks like UAL-WiFi.
Context
Your home Wi-Fi will use a security system such as WEP, WPA, WPA2 Personal or WPA3 Personal which use a PSK (Pre-Shared Key) or password to authenticate to the network.
In organisational environments like at UAL we use WPA2 Enterpise or WPA3 Enterprise which makes use of a key-based encription such as using a certificate, SIM card, or in the case of UAL-WiFi and eduroam, a username and password.
This enhanced security is often hard or impossible to setup with less powerful devices like Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
Solution
For less powerful network devices we have UAL-WiFi, the majority of CCI owned on ORB like Arduino Uno R4 and Raspberry Pi's will already be configured for the network.
Personal devices not already setup for UAL-IoT
- How do I find the MAC address of my device?
- How to add a MAC address to the UAL-IoT whitelist
- Wait for IT to send you a password and add it to your code or configure the operating system.
Devices already setup for UAL-IoT
Follow the instructions here (only available to users logged in to the wiki with Slack)