Eduroam for Newcastle staff and students
What is Eduroam?
Eduroam is part of the national Janet Roaming Service (JRS) which allows staff and students to access internet services at participating institutions using your usual username and password.
What should I do to make sure I can use eduroam at another institution?
You will need to do some preliminary set-up prior to your visiting another institution and you are advised to do this before leaving Newcastle as eduroam assumes that any support will be given by your home institution and not at your visitor institution.
You can check if the institution you are visiting is participating in the eduroam scheme by checking on the Janet pages: www.ja.net.
You will need to configure your laptop according to the operating system you use. ISS has provided details for each: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iss/netcomms/network/services/eduroam/
If you have difficulties whilst you are away from Newcastle, you should contact ISS at Newcastle and not that of the institution you are visiting.
Eduroam at Newcastle, visitor guide
What is Eduroam?
Eduroam allows users (visiting students and staff) from participating institutions to securely access the internet using local username and logins that is, the username and login you would use at your home institution.
I am a visiting student/researcher/lecturer can I use eduroam?
Although Newcastle provides visitor access to eduroam , much of the set-up and preparation should be done prior to arriving at Newcastle.
You should contact your home institution IT support to enable access if you have not already done so. You can check if your institution is participating at the JANET website.
How do I connect to eduroam?
Support is provided by your home institution and not Newcastle. Even though you are located here in Newcastle, and connecting through the Newcastle network, you should contact your home IT support for any help. However, below are some hints and tips:
Typically you will need your roaming credentials which are usually your local username and password plus a realm so that your request to authenticate is passed to the correct home institution e.g userid@domain.ac.uk. Again, your home institution should be able to provide your roaming credentials.
Newcastle implements the Janet Roaming Service (JRS) tier 2.
You should connect to the wireless network using the SSID eduroam and an 802.1x supplicant.
For more information see :http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iss/netcomms/network/services/eduroam/
If all else fails, contact IT support at your home institution.