Bypass WPA2-Enterprise Certificate

Alright so my university uses WPA2-Enterprise and require the people that want to use the network get certain certificates to be able to connect to the network. This worked all fine and dandy until the certificates stopped working on all Windows PC's. They just kind of shrugged their shoulders when I asked them about it and said for me to use a physical connection until they can figure out what is wrong. Problem is, I cannot use a physical connection in any of my classes where I am required to be on the internet. Is there anyway to get around having to use a certificate? They said that a few people had figured it out on campus but they were not sure how they did it, nor will they told me who did it so I can ask them. Please let me know if you have any ideas. I am not saying that I am doing anything illegal because my university said that if I do it, they have no problem with me doing it since the certificates will not work on Windows PC's (just trying to make sure mods and admins do not think that I am trying to do something illegal).

Thanks guys.

 

If your client certificate is still valid, you can try disabling server validation. It's possible the certificate for the RADIUS/authentication server has expired or is invalid for some reason. If this is true and your school is running EAP-TLS or PEAP-TLS, you can try the following:

Try going to Wireless Network Properties for the Enterprise SSID --> Security Tab --> Settings and uncheck "Validate server certificate".
Word of warning, not verifying the cert for the authentication server may leave you vulnerable to rogue APs running the same SSID and man-in-the-middle attacks.

 

By design, a certificate is required to authenticate your use of their network. You should not be able to get around this. Perhaps there is some certificate fix possible on your end, but who knows. Surely, they are working the problem if it affects all Windows users. And that could require issuing new certificates? Lousey time of year for this.

GK