The eduroam wireless network supports a variety of devices and operating systems, including:
- Windows: Windows 8.1 and above
- MacOS: MacOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and above
- Android: Android 5.0 and above
- iOS: iOS 11 and above
- iPadOS: iPadOS 13.1 and above
- Linux: Linux distributions that use Network Manager or wpa supplicant for Wi-Fi management
- ChromeOS: Google Chrome OS
Simplify connecting your devices to eduroam with the geteduroam app.
eduroam is designed to provide simple, secure, easy-to-use roaming access to WiFi services for academia. It is now available to millions of students, researchers and staff in over 100 territories and tens of thousands of locations.
How do I connect?
In order to configure devices to connect to eduroam, The geteduroam app works by tapping into the central eduroam CAT service and manages the required settings for your institution and device to ensure that you are always connecting to a valid, correctly configured, eduroam access point and that your details cannot be accessed.
Simply download the geteduroam app to get connected.
The eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT) can automatically configure devices for eduroam use. CAT supports the following operating systems and devices:
- Windows 7 and higher
- Apple OS X and higher
- Linux
- Chrome OS
- Android 4.3 and higher
- Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad)
However, some older devices may not be able to connect to eduroam because they don't support TLS 1.2, the protocol currently supported for eduroam.
Devices that don't support 802.1x Wi-Fi authentication or TLS 1.2 for 802.1x Wi-Fi authentication also won't be able to connect to eduroam.
Devices that don't support 802.1x Wi-Fi authentication or TLS 1.2 for 802.1x Wi-Fi authentication also won't be able to connect to eduroam.