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Eduroam

Last updated: 24 August 2021

The University of Gloucestershire is a member of the international roaming service – eduroam.

eduroam provides the infrastructure that allows students and staff at the University of Gloucestershire to login at any participating institution using their UoG username and password. eduroam also allows users from any participating institution to login at the University of Gloucestershire using their local login name and password.

The service is wireless only using the SSID eduroam, 802.1x for access control with PEAP and MSCHAPv2 for encryption.

All users must abide by the terms of the JANET AUP and the University Acceptable Network Usage Policy. ​

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Connecting to eduroam

University of Gloucestershire students and staff members can connect to eduroam using their domain account username, the University of Gloucestershire realm name and a password.

For example, if your username was s0123456, then your eduroam username would be s0123456@glos.ac.uk.

While visiting other participating institutions, you can connect to the local eduroam network to get an internet connection. You will need to obtain connection instructions from the visited organisations eduroam website.

You must abide by the rules of use for the institution you are connected to and you should check the eduroam website at the institution before you arrive.

Visiting Users

You should connect to the wireless network using the SSID ‘eduroam’. You will be assigned an IP address automatically from our DHCP servers and once authenticated, allowed onto a visitor VLAN. Network protocols are limited to the ports required by the eduroam service​.

Users experiencing any technical problems with the roaming service, or with remote access facilities provided by their Home Organisation, should consult their Home Organisation IT Support​.

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