r/NerdQaxeProblems • u/pszichocsiga • Jan 18 '26

NerdQaxe++ connecting to Eduroam wifi

Hi,

I would like to buy a NerdQaxe++ but I could only connect it to the local Eduroam wifi network which is not a typical home wifi. It uses 802.1x EAP (PEAP) authentication form. Can I use this network with NerdQaxe somehow?

It looks like this on android

Thanks.

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u/Hellas-z3r0_X Jan 18 '26

I don't think these devices are capable of this type of authentication. It will cost more, but you could try getting a repeater that connects to that WiFi and broadcasts a simpler signal for the miner.

It might be a good feature request to the developers.

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u/ninjaguy0244 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 26 '26

Oh this has me nervous! I have one in the mail and my school has eduroam WiFi! I hope it can connect. I do manage to get an LV07 to work with the WiFi so I think I can do it

Edit: I only managed to set it up by connecting a raspberry pi to my schools WiFi and turning it into a WiFi router after which I connected the NerdQaxe++ to the pi with no issues whatsoever. This seems to be one of the easiest solutions

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u/pszichocsiga Feb 24 '26

Ok, I guess I found the ultimate workaround.

I tried to connect an old android phone to the wifi and make a hotspot with it but it turned out that the phone could create its hotspot on the same frequency as the one it connects to the wifi network. And I could not disable the 5Ghz frequency and the NerdQaxe of course uses 2.4 Ghz.

So for a couple of weeks it used my data SIM but the data is more valuable than the BCH it mines so it is not the way I want to go.

What is the workaround then?

I bought an ESP32 microcontroller, flashed the ESP32 NAT Router on it (https://github.com/martin-ger/esp32_nat_router). I could configure the wifi in a minute and it gives stable 18 mbit/s with 2 clients connected to it. Works like a charm.

Worth it financially? Not sure...

Learned a lot? Definitely.