Eduroam at UCD - UCD IT Services

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eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. It's used to describe an authenticated access network available in UCD and in Universities worldwide. The service provides extended access to logged-in UCD staff, students and visitors from other institutions.

To find out more view the promotional video.

The table below has all you need to get started for the listed Operating Systems. You should also review the services available, and remember that you are subject to the Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) and the eduroam user policy.

Operating System	Version	Instructions	Additional Download
Windows	XP SP 3 or later	How to XP	Install package
	Vista 32-bit only	How to Vista
	Windows 7	How to 7

Mac OS X	10.3 and 10.4	How to 10.3 – 10.4	CA Certificate
	10.5	How to 10.5	CA Certificate
	10.6	How to 10.6	CA Certificate
	10.7	How to 10.7	eduroam profile

Linux	Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat	How to Linux	Supplicant config file

Apple iOS	iOS version 2 & 3	How to v2 & 3	v2/v3 profile
	iOS version 4	How to V4	v4 profile

Android OS	Version 2.1 & 2.2	How to Android

Other operating systems may be configured. See below for technical details.

At present Blackberry, Nokia and Windows phones have difficulties accessing the eduroam service.

Authenticating

All usernames will have to contain the home institution’s realm name. Here at UCD our realm is 'ucd.ie'.

When authenticating to eduroam you should use username@ucd.ie rather than simply username where "username" is your UCD Connect username. The realm (the part after the "@") is always "ucd.ie" for both UCD staff and students. The password used should be your UCD Connect password. Any fields labelled "domain" should be left blank

eduroam locations:

eduroam is currently available in the following Locations in UCD:

Ardmore House
Arts Annex (selected areas)
Belfied House
CSCB (Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology)
Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL)
Computer Centre building
Crumlin Clinical Research Centre (CRC)
UCD Computer Science and Informatics
CLARITY (ground floor of the Physics building)
Daedalus Building
UCD Global Lounge (Main Restaurant)
Tierney Building
Geary Institute (selected areas)
Health Sciences Building
Main Library
Main Restaurant
National Virus Reference laboratory/Centre for Research into Infectious Diseases
Newman building
Newman House
Newstead building
NovaUCD
O'Reilly Hall
UCD Agriculture and Food Science Centre
UCD John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies
UCD Catherine McAuley Centre
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
UCD Residences: East Hall (Blackrock campus)
UCD Residences: Glenomena
UCD Residences: Merville
UCD Residences: Roebuck
UCD Residences: Belgrove
UCD Engineering and Materials Science Centre
NovaUCD
UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research
UCD Quinn School of Business
Main Restaurant
Richview
Roebuck
Science Centre
Student Centre
St Stephen's Chaplaincy
St Vincent ERC
Woodview House

eduroam Services

eduroam supports the following network services:

Client access for all IP protocols except windows filesharing off campus.
IPSEC and GRE based VPN protocols.
Inbound access is not permitted (i.e. you may not run a server service).
Full eduroam roaming is currently permitted.

Using eduroam outside UCD

Test that eduroam works for you in UCD before you leave. If you can't get it working here, you're likely to have problems elsewhere as well.
Search for (and read) any documentation the remote site has on eduroam before you leave. Forewarned is forearmed.
The remote site may use different network encryption to that used in UCD (e.g. WEP vs WPA2). If so, you will need to change that part of your network configuration.
The authentication part of the configuration is specific to the home institution (UCD) so that shouldn't be changed. It includes the EAP methods (EAP-TTLS-PAP), certificates and server verification. Do not change any of those.
Don't forget to include the realm (ucd.ie) when you're authenticating. Usually this just means using username@ucd.ie rather than simply username. Note that whilst this may look like an email address, it isn't. The realm is generally not what clients refer to as a domain. Domains should be left blank.

For Visitors:

The technical details of the UCD service are listed below. You may check these with your own IT service provider to ensure compatibility. You may well find that the open access "WaveLAN Network" service is adequate to your needs. WaveLAN is available almost everywhere in all our buildings.

Technical Details:

Item	Note
Media	Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g and a/n
SSID	"eduroam". The SSID is broadcast in all available locations.
Encryption	802.11i. WPA2/CCMP/AES is supported. WPA/TKIP will be implemented for legacy devices. WEP of any key length is not allowed.
Authentication	802.1x. Local (UCD) users will be authenticated using EAP-TTLS-PAP only. Visitors will use an EAP type supported by their home institution.
Blocked ports/protocols	All TCP\UDP ports are available for client use. IPSEC VPN clients may be used. Microsoft style VPN clients may also be used. No server services are permitted.

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