How to connect a Raspberry Pi (3 or Zero W) running Raspbian to osuwireless

Disclaimer: I do not recommend using osuwireless for anything that requires extremely low latency or connecting to other devices on a local network. For example, if you're creating something like a Wi-Fi controlled toy car (click here to see one that I made, perhaps it will inspire you), consider using hostapd to create your own Wi-Fi network instead of connecting to a busy network such as osuwireless. To learn how to use hostapd, I recommend following this guide by Adafruit:

https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/downloads/pdf/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-as-a-wifi-access-point.pdf

If someone wants me to make an easier to follow guide for hostapd pester me and I'll do it... :P

After reading the above, here's how you connect to osuwireless

Make a file named wpa_supplicant.conf on the root of the SD card's boot partition with the following content...

(replace name.# and something-secret with your OSU username and password, keep the quotes):

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
  ssid="osuwireless"
  scan_ssid=1
  key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
  eap=PEAP
  identity="name.#"
  password="something-secret"
  phase1="peaplabel=0"
  phase2="auth=MSCHAPV2"
}

If you're using a text editor like Notepad, don't forget to change the file extension from .txt to .conf when you save!

Screenshot on Windows (should look similar in macOS or whatever operating system you use)

I hope you make something cool!

Have questions? You can contact me at mitchell.1367{at}osu.edu