eduroam
From Peyton Hall Documentation
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What is eduroam?
From the eduroam us website: "eduroam (education roaming) is the secure worldwide federated network access service developed for the international research and education community."
In short, eduroam lets members of the Princeton community use their Princeton University credentials to access wireless networks at other participating institutions. It also allows members of those institutions to connect to our wireless infrastructure using their own credentials, all without having to register their devices for access.
Why would I use eduroam instead of puvisitor?
There are several big advantages of using eduroam over puvisitor. The puvisitor network has a time limit of seven days per calendar month; eduroam has no such limit. The eduroam network is also more secure than puvisitor; it uses WPA2 encryption and requires a user to authenticate in order to access the network. Finally, eduroam has become somewhat of a de facto standard for wireless roaming between educational institutions; you only need to configure your device once, and it will work anywhere eduroam is supported.
Are there any limitations?
The eduroam network has all the same rights and restrictions as puwireless. More information about what you can and can't do with wireless can be found in our Wireless networking article. OIT hasn't deployed eduroam everywhere on campus, yet; it's limited to buildings which have an 802.11n network (like Peyton, Fine, and Frist). OIT maintains a map of 802.11n/eduroam capable buildings. They're rolling this out as fast as they can everywhere on campus, so hopefully every building will be covered in the not-so-distant future.
How do I use eduroam?
The instructions can vary from device to device and from institution to institution. Generally, though, you just need to instruct your device to connect to the eduroam SSID. You should then be prompted to provide a username and password to connect to the network. The exact form this takes will depend on your home institution. Folks whose home institution is Princeton University can login with their OIT netid@princeton.edu and password. Thus, if John Doe's netid is jdoe, he would login with a username of jdoe@princeton.edu and his OIT password.
Where can I find more information?
OIT has a page with more information. You can find a lot more information about eduroam at the eduroam us website, and at the eduroam international website website. They also have a list of places you can use eduroam.
