Only local network, No internet

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    ben

      Hello,
      since I uninstalled connman to go into the Universitäts wifi with the NetworkManager, no internet works. I can get into the network but only locally, no internet. So with thunderbird, chromium, firefox does not work. However, the tor browser works.
      I guess there is a DNS problem.

      Unfortunately I had to delete connman to use the NetworkManager, because the uni wifi uses a certificate and 802.1x EAP TTLS.

      The problem is the same whether I use the simple wifi at home with WPA2 or the uni wifi with 802.1x EAP.

      It’s on AntiX 21.

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      BobC
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        Have you tried asking the UNI help desk if they have any Linux setup examples or telling them what your problem is?

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        sybok
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          Since it does not work at home, than you may:
          1) See https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/internet-connection-not-avaiable/#post-73128 for a similar problem
          2) You could (temporarily) force Google (or other known and free) DNS to see if it works.

          As @BobC pointed out, asking a help-desk is definitely a good idea.
          There is an internal wi-fi at my work and one of the requirements for it to work is that your MAC address has to be registered.
          (Comment: Some people may prefer to spoof their MAC instead of revealing the “true” one.)

          EAP TTLS certificate:
          It seems like you could refer to the eduroam wi-fi.
          Universities often have a guide on how to set it up and use it.
          I got it to work at my employer using connman; if you have a wired connection available, then you may consider switching back to ‘connman’.
          Also, I read once that one can create a connection setup file in the case of ‘connman’, e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=242071 .

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          Brian Masinick
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            @sybok: I now live in a senior citizen community and we have a very good network here, but we do have to do a multi-factor authentication procedure each time we use a different device here, for instance, I have this older Lenovo X201 laptop. I had at least 2-3 other devices, yet when I started using this one, I had to add the MAC address to the Internet Service Provider’s site to indicate that I am using another device and that it IS a valid device that is registered to a user paying for the service at our location.

            Your information is useful for a similar scenario that others may have to use when authenticating their access. Thanks for explaining how this works.

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            Brian Masinick

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            ben
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              @sybok “Universities often have a guide on how to set it up and use it.” Yes i used the guide to set it up, but it did not work it that in this case. On other devices it has otherwise worked for me. It’s not a MAC issue.

              The help desk is unfortunately not an option, because they have no idea about Linux and otherwise have very little idea.

              I have now installed the connman package again. Since I installed the package the connection works with the network manger without problems.

              However, I always have to start the network manager and the applet manually after booting via the command line. But then it connects all by itself and internet is working also.

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                Hi Ben, you can edit the file ‘~/.desktop-session/startup’ and add the commands for network-manager & applet there.
                This should start them automatically unless you use desktop variants that begin with ‘min[imal]’.

                BTW, I’ve searched the forum for ‘network manager’ and this link might be of interest to you if you are willing to experiment more:
                https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/split-network-manager-broken/
                It suggests to set up DNS as you like it.

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