eduroam (Educational Roaming) is an international project involving the University of Alicante, which aims to create a unique space that enables WiFi wireless internet access easily when carrying out a shift to an institution associated with the project.
The aim of this initiative is to facilitate the mobility of the university community among the organizations involved.
or a member of our university community can connect to wireless network eduroam other organization (provided it meets certain requirements), only with authentication provided in our university and vice versa.
The Australian academic network, AARNet, has created a video explaining what is eduroam:
In order to connect to this network must meet the following requirements:
· The wireless card (802.11 b/g) must be compatible WPA2 (it may be necessary to update the firmware and/or drivers have this facility).
· The operating system must support WPA2, in otherwise it is necessary to use external software for that operating system.
* Authentication types supported: PEAPv0 MSCHAPv2 * Server certificate issuer: inal09.cpd.ua.es * Installation of Chain Link certification: Click here to download * Name of the server certificate to verify: inal@r4.ua.es
Support Information for users of the institution:
* Support via e-mail: wireles@ua.es * Support telephone: 965909393
Information support for guest users: Support is provided as far as possible to users visitors coming from other organizations in eduroam.
Member of the UA is going to another institution and need eduroam
Anyone UA to be moved to another institution must make the following findings and take into account the following reminders that will be useful once it is in their destiny.
2. Encryption. The UA's wireless network uses WPA2/AES as encryption method. Make sure, while in another organization the encryption method used in your computer is allowed in the organization.
3. Access Method and SSID. The access of the UA is 802.1X. In the configuration of the wireless network of the UA using that access method, which is the best, the majority and recommended. However, there are organizations, but increasingly, they have other ways to access older and less reliable. Our users in these organizations may not connect.
4. The SSID (wireless network name) of the UA is eduroam. There may be organizations which have a different SSID for access to eduroam or you have multiple SSIDs for multiple modes of access. You should always choose the eduroam SSID for 802.1X. These data may be collected in the pages of www.eduroam.es and www.eduroam.org .
Finally, we recommend consulting the documentation of wireless networks the destination institution publishes in its website to verify that they are benefiting from the initiative if they 802.1X access mode, what is your SSID, knowing the buildings are covered, contact numbers, and other information interest.
See also pages of the national initiative and the initiative eduroam international eduroam.
User of another institution to come to the UA and need eduroam
The University of Alicante belonging to the eduroam initiative, and allows access to your wireless network users from any organization affiliated with the eduroam initiative, in accordance with eduroam policy, and acceptable use policy and network security data from the University of Alicante.
Currently the wireless network of the University
has a coverage of 90% in 802.11b and 802.11g on the Campus of San Vicente del Raspeig . There is also an 802.11a coverage, but smaller.
The University's wireless network uses only one SSID eduroam, both for local users and visitors, using access method 802.1X/PEAP and WPA/2/AES as the encryption method.
Before coming to the UA to use the wireless network, we recommend you do in your own organization, the following findings:
* Verify that your organization is receptive to the idea Eduroam. * Check with your organization you can and get access by 802.1X wireless network in your organization. If that is not possible to ask in its organization, the information necessary to configure 802.1X access from an external organization. Here at the UA, only works 802.1X access.
If you have any problems, once you are on our campus, please contact:
* free access to the Aulario I * free access to the Polytechnic Hall * free access of the General library * la fragUA in the General library
, for there is personal computer support and help in installing and configuring the wireless network.
Computer service Network of the University of Alicante's wireless
