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ChromeOS is a Linux kernel-based operating system designed by Google to run on Chromebooks, a thin client. The screenshots below were taken from a Samsung ChromeBook.
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| 1 | On your ChromeOS device, verify Wi-Fi is turned On, and you must be within LBL's eduroam network. | |
| 2 | In a browser, go to https://cat.eduroam.org and click on the blue bar (that works like a button) to start the process to download the installer.
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| 3 | Select "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory" to identify which eduroam configuration you need. |  |
| 4 | The browser can detect which device you are using and navigate you to the correct CAT (Configuration Assistant Tool) version that you need. Here, we see "Chrome OS" was selected. |  |
| 5 | Click on the blue bar that serves as a button to download the installer, Note the text below the bar, "After downloading the file, open the Chrome browser and browse to this URL: chrome://net-internals/#chromeos. Then, use the 'Import ONC file' button. The import is silent; the new network definitions will be added to the preferred networks." Click the "Continue" button. |  |
| 6 | This is the screen when the download is complete. |  |
| 7 | Go to the browser and type into the URL field the following text, "chrome://net-internals/#chromeos" to set the Chromebook configuration. |  |
| 8 | Click on "Choose File" to import the ONC file. |  |
| 9 | Select the downloaded file. In this instance, "eduroam-chromeos-LBNL.onc". Note, there will be NO INDICATION on the screen that this was successful. This is OK. |  |
| 10 | Click the WiFi icon,  , in the lower right-hand corner of the Chromebook. |  |
| 11 | Select "eduroam" as your network to connect for verification. |  |
| 12 | Enter your username in the "Identity" field and your password in the "Password" field. |  |
| 13 | You should connect successfully to the LBL eduroam network. |  |
