eduroam Wireless Network

Description

The eduroam wireless network is a collaborative network that provides faculty, staff and students with roaming wireless access at partner institutions. Users authenticate using the same credentials as they would at their home institution. eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. eduroam is available in more than 65 countries worldwide.

Support

Support for eduroam, no matter where you are, is supplied by your home institution. Western users connecting to any eduroam site while visiting a partner institution should contact the Helpdesk for assistance. Visitors at Western who are using eduroam to connect to our wireless network should contact their institution's IT support team.

Setup

The eduroam wireless network at Western supports mix mode of WPA with TKIP encryption or WPA2 with AES encryption. A compatible wireless card with updated drivers and patches for your operating system may be required.

WTS recommends that Western faculty, staff and students set up and test their computers at Western first to make sure that they work before travelling to the partner institution.

Once it is set up, you will have wireless access to any eduroam-enabled institution in the world.

Appropriate Use

Users of the "eduroam" network must abide by the Appropriate Use guidelines of both Western and the home/visiting institution. Wherever the respective appropriate use policies conflict, the more restrictive rules will apply. Please consult the University of Western Ontario's Acceptable Use Policy  for more information.


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