What is eduroam wireless (education roaming)?

• Eduroam is a secure world-wide network that acts as a large hotspot for the educational community
• Eduroam is made possible by a federation of servers that allows you to connect to the wireless network at participating institutions
• Eduroam is easily accessed and only requires your NetID and password to connect

Why is eduroam more secure vs other wireless networks like UWNet?

• Eduroam provides increased security via secure network protocols such as 802.1x
• Wireless networks like eduroam use end-to-end encryption to prevent people from seeing your wireless traffic unlike networks like UWNet
• When you connect to eduroam at another institution, your credentials are sent securely back to UW-Madison where they are authenticated

Why should you choose eduroam?

• You can feel confident that your data is secure when using eduroam due to the use of some of the most secure encryption standards
  • US eduroam institutions
  • Eduroam is ever growing as more hotspots are being added around the world and are appearing in more types of locations as well (libraries, coffee shops, museums)
• Eduroam is widely available in over 78 countries!
• Eduroam is cross platform and can be used on Windows, Apple OSX, a vast majority of mobile devices, and Linux distributions
• Eduroam requires minimum configuration to setup and access, and allows people like traveling faculty, staff, study abroad students, and students visiting for NCAA events to easily access a secure network

If you have any questions regarding Eduroam or want more information, please feel free to contact the DoIT Helpdesk.