Verifying SecureW2 JoinNow Installation
MacOS
Windows
iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Android
Linux
MacOS
If you are on-campus or otherwise connected to eduroam presently, follow the following steps:
- Open MacOS System Preferences
- Select the Wi-Fi section
- Next to eduroam, click Details...

- Select 802.1X from the list on the left. If you see "Authenticated via EAP-TLS", then your device is configured correctly. Otherwise, please re-run the JoinNow installer.

If you are off-campus, or not connected to eduroam, follow these steps:
- Open MacOS System Preferences
- Select the Privacy & Security section
- Scroll all the way to the bottom and select Profiles
- If you see "Dartmouth College eduroam" under the User section, double click that to view the profile. Otherwise, please re-run the JoinNow installer.

- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the Profile. If you see "EAP Type EAP-TLS", then your device is configured correctly. Otherwise, please re-run the JoinNow installer.

Windows 10 and 11
- From a PowerShell command line, run the following command:
netsh wlan show profile name=eduroam
- Look for the following line
EAP Type : Microsoft: Smart Card or other certificate
- Next, run the following command:
Get-ChildItem -path cert:\CurrentUser\My\ | Where-Object {$_.Issuer -match "Dartmouth College Device Intermediate CA"}
- You should see one result similar to the following:
Thumbprint Subject
---------- -------
A1B2C3D40123456789ABCDEF0123456789E5F701 CN=Your Name, OU=wifi-user-campus, O=Dartmouth College
- If these do not appear, run the JoinNow installer.
iOS (iPhone/iPad)
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone/iPad. In the left-hand pane, select the General section.
- Select VPN & Device Management.
- You should see the "Dartmouth College eduroam MobileConfig" profile installed on your device. If not, please re-run the JoinNow installer.

- Open the "Dartmouth College eduroam MobileConfig" profile to view it. It should look like the below screenshot. Otherwise, please re-run the JoinNow installer.

Android
- Open the Wi-Fi Settings on your device.
- Choose the next step that applies to you:
- If you are connected to eduroam, tap the Gear icon next to eduroam. Tap the Pencil icon in the top-right of the screen.
- If you are in range of, but not connected to eduroam, find eduroam in the list of available networks and long-press on it. Select Modify from the menu that appears.
- If you are not in range of eduroam, scroll to the bottom and select Saved Networks. Find eduroam in the list of saved networks and tap on it. Tap the Pencil icon in the top-right of the screen.
- CAUTION - Do not make any changes to any settings that appear in the window that is now open.
- In the eduroam window that appears, scroll to the top and look for EAP method. If it says TLS, then your device is configured correctly. If it does not, please run the JoinNow installer.

- Tap Cancel to exit this window.
Linux
- In a command line, type
nmcli c show eduroam
and press TAB after typing eduroam to auto-complete with the identifier configured on your system.
Example: nmcli c show eduroam\ [abcd1234]
- A long list of parameters will be displayed.
- Look for 802-1x.eap and verify that it is configured for tls
- Look for 802-1x.client-cert and verify that it points to a path similar to /home/username/.joinnow/a1b2c3d4....
- Look for 802-1x.private-key and verify that it points to a path similar to /home/username/.joinnow/tls-client-certs/sw2-joinnow-client-cert-f7e6d5c4...
- If those settings are correct, then JoinNow appears to have configured eduroam correctly. Otherwise, run the JoinNow installer.