EDUROAM: What is it?

Summary

This article describes what eduroam is.

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Audience

Students, Employees, anyone from a participating institution

Question

What is eduroam?

Answer

eduroam is a global wireless network access service for research and education. An eligible organization (research organization or education-related organization) can provide users (students, researchers, staff and faculty) with wireless access at participating institutions through the use of their home institution credentials.

eduroam uses the IEEE 802.1X protocol (WPA2-enterprise) and a system of interconnected RADIUS servers, with the main U.S. node operated by Internet2 in collaboration with the global eduroam community.

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Article ID: 1056
Created
Wed 11/10/21 4:20 PM
Modified
Fri 12/3/21 2:56 PM