Eduroam

What is eduroam?

eduroam (EDUcation ROAMing) is a global initiative, forming an agreement between educational and research institutions to share wireless access enabling inter-institutional roaming.

• When visiting participating institutions, University of Sydney students and staff can connect to the eduroam network using their usual username and password (eg: username@usyd.edu.au)
• Visitors to the University of Sydney from participating institutions can access the eduroam network using the login credentials from their home institution.

Further information

Aarnet eduroam information flyer (pdf, 494kb)

The eduroam federation www.eduroam.org includes institutions in the UK, 22 other European countries, Australia and Taiwan, who have collaborated to provide roaming wireless access between participating institutions.

To view the universities who participate in the eduroam wireless service, please visit https://wiki.aarnet.edu.au/display/eduroam/For+End+Users.

Setup

Eduroam Setup Guide for Mac OSX
Eduroam Setup Guide for iPhone
Eduroam Setup Guide for XP

Users can access Eduroam on campus in order to test their set up before visiting another institution. This does require accessing and authenticating (a second time) to the University’s proxy server. On campus, University of Sydney staff and students should use the supported method of wireless access which is via the VPN client. When visiting other institutions, University of Sydney personnel will need to remove the University proxy server settings from their browsers

Visitors to the University of Sydney should consult with their home institution for configuration instructions