Apple iPad: Connect to CSIR Wireless

 

Connect to CSIR Wireless

• In order to connect to CSIR Wireless you need to have a valid CSIR LAN username and password.
  
  
• Connecting to CSIR Wireless requires you also to download a config file using a web browser. This is once-off process.
  
  Apple Device CSIR Wireless Profile - IOS6, IOS7, OSX 10.6 - 10.9 (pta-proxy)
  This profile may require removing the profile before changing your password.
  
  
• You can connect to the CSIR Guest SSID in order to download the config file.
  
  
• The proxy server is already specified in this profile - http://www-proxy.csir.co.za:3128 (No Authentication)

 

 

CSIR Wireless Certificate Repair

The CSIR Wireless network certificates expired on 22 June 2014. This expired certificate caused a connection problem for any devices trying to connect to CSIR Wireless network.

This provided us with the opportunity to replace these self-signed certificates with an Entrust signed certificate. These certificates relieve users from future certificate expiry and renewals in that the Entrust public certificate is part of the Windows OS installation and updated accordingly.

 
The following procedure will enable the new certificates on Windows PC devices.

Open Settings.

 

Open General Settings.

 

Open Profiles and remove the CSIR Wireless profile.

 

Go back to Settings and open the Wifi Settings. Connect to the CSIR Guest network.

 

Open a web browser. Generate traffic by opening www.google.com or any website.

 

The guest network captive portal will open.

 

Click on the Help/Support link and click the Apple Devices link.

 

Click on the Apple Devices Entrust link to open and install the CSIR Wireless profile.

Install the profile. You may be asked a pin or password depending on your device configuration.

 

 

 

Enter your Groupwise username.

 

Enter your Groupwise password.

 

 

 

 Now disconnect and forget the CSIR Guest network and connect to the CSIR Wireless network to test the new profile.