I'm thinking of getting a Mi Box to bring to university. At my school we use the eduroam network, which asks for a username/password for authentication. It also uses TTLS security and PEAP phase 2 authentication. On most devices (Apple, Windows, Linux desktop/mobile OSes) we need to run configuration programs that install certificates and programs, but Android (at least the phone/tablet form factor) is usually very nice in that we don't need to run any configuration program (though one is available on Google Play Store). We just need to go to Advanced Settings on the eduroam wifi network, enter our school email as username, password, TTLS as security, and PEAP as phase 2 authentication, and then it just works, no certificates or anything.
Has anybody here ever tried to set up an Android TV on a network like this? Are these options available for such a network on the OS?
Also, another thing. I have Private Internet Access VPN. There is a phone/tablet form factor Android app for PIA available, but not a TV form factor version. Can I still use the VPN? There are also OpenVPN configurations for PIA available, and I read somewhere that there is a functioning Android TV OpenVPN app available. Can anyone confirm?
My university has a similar issue. The interesting thing is that this type of authentication is supported in the Android OS but it's not exposed in Android TV's UI.
I built an app which uses the underlying API to add and connect to these networks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.felkertech.ussenterprise
Android TV should support VPN even if there's no UI specifically for TVs. It's still Android.