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Setup eduroam Wi-Fi in Windows 8.1

To use this service you need a @deec.uc.pt or @uc.pt account!

DEEC Network Installation Guide on Windows 8

Introduction

In this document you will be presented step by step the installation of Eduroam Wireless Network.


Windows 8.1

Go to "Start Menu", "Control Panel", "Network and Internet", "Network and Sharing Center":
Then click on “Set up a new connection or network”: 
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Then click on “Manually connect to a wireless network”:

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The fields must be completed, according to the following image:
Attention, the "Network Name" is case sensitive.

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On the next page, go to “Change Connection Settings”:

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The configuration to be made in the "Connection" and "Security" tab is explicit in the two images below:

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On the “Security” tab, “DEEC Wireless Network Properties”, “Settings”, you should uncheck “Validate Server Certificate”:

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In turn go to “Configure” and uncheck “Automatically use login name (…)”:

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Finally, you only need to enter your user credentials in the DEEC.UC.PT domain:

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