Installing a security certificate for Northwestern Wireless on macOS

Sometimes you may need to re-install a security certificate to use Northwestern Wireless.

"eduroam" will be the primary wireless network at Northwestern on December 20, 2021. The "Northwestern” network/SSID will no longer be a visible choice for connecting to the University’s wireless network during the fall quarter of 2021 and no longer an available connection on December 20, 2021. Learn more about this change.

  1. Download the security certificate at https://www.it.northwestern.edu/hardware/cert/netauth2_northwestern_edu.cer.
  2. Locate the file by opening Finder, then selecting from the left the Downloads section.
  3. Double click the certificate file to automatically open it and add the certificate to the Keychain. If you are prompted for an administrative password, enter it to continue. If you don't have administrative access to your computer, contact your departmental tech support.
    Finder window with security certificate file selected

For additional assistance please contact the IT Support Center at 847-491-4357 (1-HELP) or via email at consultant@northwestern.edu.



Keywords:wifi wi-fi network internet netauth netauth2   Doc ID:62263
Owner:TNS Data Network .Group:Northwestern
Created:2016-03-27 18:26 CDTUpdated:2021-02-02 13:40 CDT
Sites:Northwestern
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