Eduroam

Eduroam (EDUcation ROAMing) is a wireless network service that provides students, staff, and faculty from educational institutions secure access the Internet while visiting other member universities.

Users simply use credentials of their home institution to access the service. However, the level of services provided may vary among institutions and is determined by the hosting university.

Eduroam Sites

Please check the links below for sites available in these zones:

Asia Pacific
Australia
Canada
Europe

Eduroam services provided at MRU

HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and VPN (IPSec and PPTP)

Rights and responsibilities

Acceptable use of the eduroam network is determined and governed by hosting university. Your access to MRU’s eduroam service is governed by our Acceptable Use Policy for University Computer Resources.

Supported wireless security configuration

• WPA2 enterprise with AES
• WPA enterprise with TKIP
• Use the same EAP type that your home institution uses. Usually they are either PEAP or TTLS.

Eduroam user login name

Fully qualified user name must be used for the eduroam wireless network login page in the form of user_id@institution_domain_name. For example, user joe_user at MRU will have to use the login name joe_user@mtroyal.ca. Please see example screen shot for XP below.

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Visiting users

For most cases, you should be able to access MRU eduroam service similar to how you access the wireless service at your home institution except that the SSID is "eduroam" without the quotes and you must follow the login user naming convention described above.

If you experience access problem, please contact the ITS Help Desk of your institution for support.

MRU users

It is recommended that MRU users configure their laptops to connect to eduroam at MRU before travelling abroad.

The setup is the same as for MRsecure wireless service in MRU except the following. Please refer to its support page.

1. The SSID is "eduroam" without the quotes, all in lower case.
2. You must use the user name in the form of your_MRU_id@mtroyal.ca. For example: joe_user@mtroyal.ca. Please refer to “Eduroam user login name” section above.
3. In case you are asked which server to connect to, use "eduroam-radius.mtroyal.ca" without the quotes.

For your daily wireless network use at MRU, you should use our MRsecure wireless service as the eduroam service may be more restrictive and is provided for authorized visiting users from other member institutions.

If you experience access problem, please contact the MRU ITS Help Desk at 403.440.6000, or email MRU ITS Help Desk at: helpdesk@mtroyal.ca.