Eduroam stands for education roaming. This is a service which provides secure and easy-to-use wifi access in more than 12,000 locations across 106 countries worldwide. Students whose home institution participates in eduroam can simply open their laptop or mobile device within an eduroam hotspot to have immediate internet connectivity.
Offaly Library Service is an eduroam service provider, with all our branches connected to the eduroam network. After a student authenticates on the eduroam network once, every time they are in an eduroam enabled hotspot, regardless of location worldwide, their device will authenticate automatically.
Students, researchers or visitors to our libraries from anywhere in the world whose home institution participates in eduroam can now enjoy simple, secure and seamless wifi access.
Check out eduroam.ie to see a list of all eduroam hotspots in Ireland and details of all participating third level institutions.
Wireless Connectivity Information
Wireless network name (SSID): eduroam
Encryption levels supported: AES
Network Access Information
Website filtering: Yes, access to some websites are blocked
Port/Protocol restrictions: Yes (Ports allowed based on eduroam.ie policy excluding DNS)
Transparent proxying of your traffic: No
Network Address Translation (NAT) of wireless device address?: Yes
IPv6 support: No
Troubleshooting
Please note that authentication problems should be addressed to the support staff at your home site, as the security mechanisms within eduroam mean that much of the detail of the authentication step is not visible to the support staff at visited sites.
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