Support has told me that our company wide wifi network is setup to support mobile phones only.

However it doesn't make sense to me that they can identify a mobile device rather they have setup the Access Point to use a protocol that is only supported on Android and Windows phones.

Because the Access Point supports Windows mobile this means that laptops running Windows 8 can also connect to the Access Point (proven). So it stands to reason that since Android is based on Linux there must be a way to connect using Linux as well.

iwlist shows

IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1x

WIreshark seems to show that a connection is being made to a website to get a certificate and use a Domain Controller for authentication.

Questions:

1) what protocol could they be using that is supported on Win Mobile and Android but not on Win 7 and Linux (Debian) ?

2) what tools can I use to help me discover what protocol i need to support ? I have used iwlist and wireshark but I was not able to glean to much useful information from them. I can post the results if needed.

3) is there an app i can use on my Android phone to help me understand what kind of network it is connecting to ?

I can provide more information if you tell me how to get it. I just don't know what I am looking for.