macOS

If you encounter any problems, please also read our Wi-Fi FAQ and follow the checklist for reporting Wi-Fi issues.

Configuring Wi-Fi

There are two ways to set up Wi-Fi on macOS: using a configuration profile or manually. Configuration profiles offer additional security and convenience features compared to manual configuration and are the method we recommend.

Setting Up Wi-Fi with a Configuration Profile

Note on eduroam: If an eduroam profile from another institution already exists, please delete it first. Instructions for doing so can be found further down on this page.

  1. Download the configuration profile for the desired network and open the file on your Mac

  2. Open the Settings app and select the Load Profile menu item.

  3. Select the downloaded profile by double-clicking it. Verify that the profile was signed by the “Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie” and click the Install button.

  4. Enter your username and password.
    Your username always has the following format:

    • KIT-account@kit.edu

    For example:

    • ab1234@kit.edu – Employees / Guests & Partners
    • uxxxx@kit.edu – Students

  5. Read the information about the profile and confirm the installation of the configuration profile. The installation of the configuration profile must be confirmed by an administrator.

  6. The profile has been successfully installed.

  7. In the main menu of the Settings app, you should now see that the device has connected to the KIT (or eduroam) Wi-Fi network. If the connection does not establish automatically, manually select the network in the Wi-Fi menu. The connection should then be established automatically.

Delete Wi-Fi Configuration Profile

If you need to delete the configuration profile, follow these steps.

  1. Open the Settings app and select Device Management under the General menu item.

  2. Select the configuration profile you want to delete and delete it by tapping the “—” button.

  3. Confirm that you want to remove the configuration profile. Deleting the configuration profile must be confirmed by an administrator.

  4. The profile should now have been successfully removed.

Manually Configuring Wi-Fi

We do not recommend manual configuration on Apple operating systems. If possible, please always use the configuration profiles described above.

Below, we’ll show you the authentication process at KIT; logging in to eduroam works the same way.

  1. Open the Settings app and select the Wi-Fi menu item.

  2. Select the network you want to connect to.

  3. Enter your KIT-account@kit.edu and the password for your KIT account (e.g., ab1234@kit.edu or uxxxx@kit.edu) and confirm by clicking OK. 

  4. Verify the RADIUS server’s certificate. You can view the certificate details by clicking View Certificate This certificate should have been issued by YE1 for the domain radius-wlan.scc.kit.edu . If the verification was successful, confirm the dialog by clicking Next.

  5. First, the active user must confirm with their password that the certificate should be trusted. The network configuration must be confirmed by an administrator. (If the user is an administrator, one of the dialog boxes may not appear. This is not a problem.)

  6. Your device should now be connected to the configured network.