KU is a participating institution in the eduroam system, which provides faculty, staff, and students access to wireless resources at any eduroam institution worldwide.
The following information is for KU faculty, students, and staff who want to use eduroam wireless access when traveling. If you are a visitor to KU from another participating institution and need help accessing eduroam, please contact your IT support service at your home institution.
About eduroam for KU faculty, students, and staff:
- Eduroam will be available on the KU campus anywhere that JAYHAWK is available.
- The eduroam system allows you to use your KU online ID and password to gain access to wireless networks at other participating institutions.
- Accessing eduroam is almost exactly the same as accessing JAYHAWK with a few minor changes.
KU IT strongly recommends that you configure your access to the eduroam system here at KU before you travel. You will then use the same settings to connect to the eduroam network anywhere in the world. Configuring your access while still here at KU will allow us to better assist you with any technical issues you may encounter during the setup process.
Accessing Eduroam
Your user name for eduroam will be your online ID followed by "@home.ku.edu" (e.g. "youronlineID@home.ku.edu"). You must use your online ID to access eduroam, not an email alias that you may have created for sending and receiving email.
- You will use the same password as for any other KU system such as email and myKU.
- You will not need to change any security settings when accessing eduroam. Just enter your user name as described above.
- Eduroam behaves like any other non-KU network, so you'll need to use KUAnywhere to access KU systems that are restricted to the KU IP space (such as your department and personal directories).
If you are a KU user and do not already use Jayhawk wireless access, you should set up Jayhawk wireless for on-campus access first, then switch to the eduroam before leaving campus. Switch back to Jayhawk when you return.
For instructions on connecting specific devices, please reference the panels below:
Android
The instructions below are specific to users with KU accounts; users from other institutions will need to use credentials and settings as specified by their home institution.
Please note that Android versions can vary in small ways, and different phones may have different settings. We've included screenshots of two variations of Android below, both with working configurations for the Eduroam network.
- Open the "Settings" app on your phone.
- Select the section for managing your wireless networks. This is called "Network & Internet" on some phones, and "Connections" on others.
- You might also be able to access this area by swiping down from the top of your phone and holding your finger down on the wireless network icon until the appropriate Settings section opens.
- Choose "eduroam" from the list of available networks.
- Enter the settings for the eduroam network as follows:
- EAP method: PEAP
- Phase 2 Authentication: MSCHAPV2
- CA Certificate: Use system certificatesor Do not validate. (If you have "Do not validate" as an option, you likely will not have an "Online Certificate Status" field.)
- Online Certificate Status: No not verify
- Domain: home.ku.edu
- Identity: onlineID@home.ku.edu
- Anonymous Identity: left blank
- Password: your KU account password
- Click "Connect."
| Eduroam settings on a Google Pixel |
Eduroam wireless settings on a Samsung phone |
iOS
- From the main menu, press the "Settings" icon.
- In the next window, press "Wi-Fi" on the top left side.
- Eduroam will show up automatically in the list as long as you are within range.
- Press "Eduroam".
- Enter your login information. For KU users, the username will be 'onlineID@home.ku.edu' and the password is your normal online ID password.
- Users from other institutions will user their respective username but will not user @home.ku.edu. Instead, the username will need to reflect the domain of their home institution in the format of username@domain. Specific domain information will need to be supplied by the user's home institution and is not accessible by KU IT.
- Press "Join" in the upper right corner.
- The certificate name for your connection may not match the screenshot exactly because there are multiple serves for the home.ku.edu domain. The name will always begin with "adhome-lawc-".
- Press "Trust" on the following, it should allow you to connect to Eduroam.
Mac
- Open Network Preferences.
- Select eduroam from the Wireless Networks list.
- Selecting "eduroam" will prompt for a Username and Password. Use your KU Online ID with @home.ku.edu appended to the end and your KU password to log in.
- Users from other institutions will use their respective username but will not use @home.ku.edu. Instead, the username will need to reflect the domain of their home institution in the format of username@domain. Specific domain information will need to be supplied by the users home institution and is not accessible by KU IT.
- If prompted for a Keychain password, enter the password for your computer (not your KU password).
Ubuntu Linux
Merely clicking on the "eduroam" network and trying to connect automatically does not work correctly on Linux. Adding network manually is required.
- Left click the wireless icon in the top right
- Click "Edit Connections"
- Click "Add" in the "Wireless" section
- Add the network with the following settings:
- SSID: "eduroam"
- Mode: Infrastructure
- Device/Cloned Mac Address: Leave blank during setup, they will automatically populate the correct information after connection
- MTU: Automatic
- For Wireless Security, use the following settings:
- Security: WPA/WPA2 Enterprise
- Authentication: Protected EAP (PEAP)
- Anonymous Identity: blank
- CA Certificate: blank/none
- PEAP Version: Automatic
- Inner Authentication: MSCHAPv2
- Username: YourOnlineID@home.ku.edu
- Password: The corresponding password to your KU Online ID
- If prompted with a "No Certificate Authority certificate chosen" dialog box, click ignore. KU does not provide a CA certificate for Eduroam.
Windows
- Click the network icon in the system tray of your computer. The system tray is located in the lower right and contains the date and time, as well as several system icons. If you aren't currently connected to a wireless network, you'll see an icon that looks like a globe where the wireless network icon would be.
- Select "eduroam" from the list of available networks.
- Click "Connect." You can also choose "Connect automatically" — this will save your credentials and automatically connect you to the network if you're in range.
- Enter your username as "onlineID@home.ku.edu." In the screenshots below, the username is "j123h456@home.ku.edu."
- Enter your KU single sign-on password.
- Click "OK."
- Click "Connect" if prompted to confirm the certificate for eduroam.
Once connected, you'll see "Connected, secured" below eduroam, and the wireless icon in your system tray in place of the globe icon.
Other institutions need to have their Eduroam settings up to date to connect with your KU credentials. Verify with the institution if you are having issues. For additional information on Eduroam, pleasevisit the Eduroam website.