I have an aggravating problem I need help with: my university uses Cisco's Clean Access Agent (CCA) to manage network connections - i.e. validate the user has permission to connect to the network. To connect from a laptop, you must first connect to the wireless network via ESSID + HEX key (no problem), and then log into the network using your username and password before you can actually use the internet. From Windows, this is done by way of CCA, and on Mac's and Linux PC's, you should just be able to enter your username and PW from a login screen that opens from a browser window.
The problem is, whenever I enter my username and PW from Firefox/Konqueror in Kubuntu, I'm redirected to a page explaining my university uses CCA ... and that I need to download and install it before I can connect to the network. CCA is strictly Window$ based, and doesn't work in Linux (I unsuccessfully attempted using Wine, not really expecting it to work). I found this thread explaining how to modify my /etc/nsswitch.conf file to connect to the network, but still cannot get it to work. The Help Desk at my university is unfamiliar with Linux, so if anybody has experience on the subject, please help; I'd really like to switch entirely to Kubuntu, and this is the only problem holding me back.
The problem is, whenever I enter my username and PW from Firefox/Konqueror in Kubuntu, I'm redirected to a page explaining my university uses CCA ... and that I need to download and install it before I can connect to the network. CCA is strictly Window$ based, and doesn't work in Linux (I unsuccessfully attempted using Wine, not really expecting it to work). I found this thread explaining how to modify my /etc/nsswitch.conf file to connect to the network, but still cannot get it to work. The Help Desk at my university is unfamiliar with Linux, so if anybody has experience on the subject, please help; I'd really like to switch entirely to Kubuntu, and this is the only problem holding me back.
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