Introduction to eduroam for end users

Getting an eduroam account

Compatible computing devices

eduroam is based on IT industry standards and there are too many devices which support eduroam for them to be exhaustively listed here. As a general rule, you can verify whether your device can do eduroam by looking into your device's manual. Check for the following points

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Further to these generic instructions, we have an ongoing community effort to document known-working devices on the following page: Compatible Devices.

Configuring your compatible device for eduroam

As a golden rule, you need to configure your device only exactly once, as instructed to by your home institution. From then on, you can use all eduroam hotspots world-wide without reconfiguring anything.

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If you are not sure whether or not your institution provides eduroam at all, the National Roaming Operator for your country may be able to help with your enquiry. To find out more, follow the linked maps from http://www.eduroam.org/

eduroam network characteristics

eduroam networks are provided by participating institutions locally and is their own responsibility. As a roaming consortium, eduroam defines minimal compliance rules on how hotspot deployments need to act like; you can think of this as a "franchise" system.

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eduroam Service Providers are discouraged from inspecting traffic of their users; they should rather act as a "mere conduit" provider. It is however possible that some eduroam Service Providers choose to inspect or filter traffic (by using transparent web proxies).

eduroam hotspots world-wide

eduroam is a world-wide effort. Currently, eduroam Points of Presence are located on three continents. eduroam Operations is preparing a world-wide map with all positions on all continents. Until that service is online, please consult the four region-specific maps:

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