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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

View instructions on how to get devices to UAL-IoT, once added follow the instructions below for devices already setup on UAL-IoT.

Devices already setup for UAL-IoT

View instructions on how to connect UAL devices to the network (you must login to the Wiki with your Slack login).