====== Windows 8 Enterprise ======


From windows Desktop, Hold Window-key button and press R,

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 type **services.msc** and then click OK .

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Scroll down, Right click on **Wired AutoConfig** and choose **Properties**:

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Set startup type as **automatic** click on **Start** and **OK**.

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Download on the desktop the {{:pub:802.1x:add_trust.cer|External CA root certificate}}, double click on the certificate file and click on install button; these are the parameters in the subsequent windows:
  * Local Machine
  * Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate

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From windows Desktop, Hold Window-key button and press R, type **control netconnections** and then click OK.

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Right click on the Ethernet connection and choose Properties:

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Select **Authentication** tab, set the parameters as in the image and click on **Settings**.

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set the parameters as in the image, click on the **Configure** button:

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Uncheck **Automatically use my Windows log.....** and click OK

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Click OK on the **Protected EAP Properties** window, Click on **Additional Settings** button in the **Ethernet Properties** window.

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Select in the drop-down menu **User authentication** and  clic on **Save credentials**, the credential will be saved permanently.

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Insert your unitn credentials and click on **OK** button.

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In **Ethernet Properties** window, choose **Networking** tab, select **Internet Protocol Verision 4 (TCP/IPv4)** and click on **Properties**:

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In the **Internet Protocol Version 4** windows, **General** tab, verify that **Obtain an IP address automatically** and **Obtain DNS server address automatically** are selected.

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Click OK on **Internet Protocol Version 4** and close **Ethernet Properties** window, the Ethernet connection should be appear as in the image below:

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