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Raspbian (Buster) Eduroam / Campusroam(-2.4) WiFi 'bug'

Intro

Connecting an Raspberry PI to the eduroam or campusroam wifi network results in intermittent connections on Raspbian Buster. Following tutorial explains how to fix this issue, a working internet connection is required!

Solution: Downgrading wpasupplicant

Setting sources.list file

Add one of the following lines to your '/etc/apt/sources.list' file. Comment out previously existing lines with '#'

Pick 1 out of two lines!
deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ stretch main contrib non-free rpi
deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ jessie main contrib non-free rpi
#Note: copy pasting in a terminal using the keyboard shortcuts requires an additional 'shift' --> 'ctrl + shift + c' or 'ctrl + shift + v'

Run 'sudo apt-get update' to complete the previous step.

Full example

Full example
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list                                                    #Type this command in cmd, followed by 'enter' to open the file in nano
deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ stretch main contrib non-free rpi    # paste this line using 'ctrl + shift + v'
 
# Use the '#' in front of previous existing lines to comment them out!
# press 'ctrl + o' to save the file!
# press 'ctrl + x' to exit nano!
 
sudo apt-get update                                                                # Once existed, continue with updating aptitude to make the changes take effect. 

Checking available 'wpasupplicant' versions

The previous step should have downgraded the 'wpasupplicant' versions available for installation on your system. Run a check using 'apt-cache policy wpasupplicant'

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