help with 802.1x enterprise wifi connection

[teacher74]

Windows by default does not allow untrusted certificates presented by a RADIUS server to be used for wireless connections. The two solutions are the either disable the security (which you did), or install a copy of the certificate locally on your machine as a trusted certificate. Windows machines as part of an Active Directory domain often take care of installing the certificate automatically, and the connection is seamless.

The intent is to prevent rouge AP attacks.

IOS doesn't care and will allow you to connect. You can still validate the certificate manually.

As far as O365, I'm not sure what the district may be doing. You may need to register your machine with O365 (workplace join). That's speculation, though. What is the exact error that you get when you try to go to O365?

Regards,


SwissFluCase

It simply won't load. I get the message "this webpage is not available Err_connection_timed_out

So, since what I did to connect the computer to the internet was disabling security, did I leave my computer very vulnerable? Is what I did very risky?

I'm not an IT guy. I have a general idea of computers and network security, but this is honestly over my head.

[SwissFluCase]

It simply won't load. I get the message "this webpage is not available Err_connection_timed_out

So, since what I did to connect the computer to the internet was disabling security, did I leave my computer very vulnerable? Is what I did very risky?

I'm not an IT guy. I have a general idea of computers and network security, but this is honestly over my head.

Can't really tell what is causing the O365 issue from your description.

As far as security, the risk is pretty low. You can still see what the certificate details are before connecting to another WiFi network that asks for a username and password.

Regards,


SwissFluCase