Setting up eduroam on a Windows 7 machine

Last Updated: 28/06/11

Step by step instructions on setting up eduroam on a Windows 7 machine

Step 1

To download the installer click here

Step 2

Click Run. You may get a pop up box headed “User Access Control”. Click Yes

Step 3

Choose your language and click ok

Step 4

Read the License agreement and click I Agree to proceed

Step 5

Choose Components: Leave the default settings and click Install

Step 6

Completing Installation. Make sure Reboot now is selected and Click Finish

Step 7

When the PC has rebooted, you should receive a Message Balloon saying “Additional information is needed to connect to eduroam”, Click on this .

If the Balloon does not appear make sure the wireless functionality on the PC is enabled and that you are in a Wireless Hotspot Area

Step 8

Enter your UCD Connect Username and Password and click ok. You should now be connected to eduroam

Potential issues :
Windows will automatically connect to the first available network. To make eduroam the first available network, click on the wifi icon on the taskbar and click Open Network and Sharing Centre: Click on Manage Wireless Networks. Ensure eduroam is Higher than Wavelan in the list.

Using eduroam outside UCD

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

To authenticate enter your UCD Connect username followed by the domain in the format username@ucd.ie and then your UCD Connect password.