eduroam enables our students, researchers, faculty and staff to securely obtain wireless network access across campus and when visiting other participating organizations, simply by activating their laptops, smartphones or other mobile devices.
eduroam supports research and education by providing:
- High-speed, roaming broadband
- Access at multiple locations, with only one common wireless setup
- Secure and privacy-preserving technology
- Reciprocal service that is free-of-charge to users
Requirements
- HTTP (TCP 80)
- HTTPS (TCP 443)
- IPV6 Tunnel (UDP 4500)
- SSH (TCP 22)
- RDP (TCP 3389)
- FTP (TCP 21)
- IMAP2 & IMAP4 (TCP 143)
- IMAP3 (TCP 220)
- IMAPS (TCP 993)
- POP3 (TCP 110)
- POP3S Secure (TCP 995)
- SMTP (TCP 25 & 587)
- SMTPS (TCP 465)
- IPSEC VPN ESP (Proto 50)
- IPSEC VPN AH (Proto 51)
- IPSEC VPN IKE (UPD 500)
- OpenVPN 2.0 (UDP 1194)
- Cisco IPSEC VPN (TCP 10000)
- PPTP VPN GRE (Proto 47)
- PPTP (TCP 1723)
- IPSEC NATT (UDP 4500)
Tips
The University of San Diego's wireless network is a large, robust system that provides Internet access virtually everywhere on campus.
- Start early! Try connecting to the wireless before you need it, in case you experience any problems. Don't wait until 5 minutes before a presentation.
- Ask for help if necessary. The ITS Help Desk is here to help with connection problems, signal strength, and technical education.
Are you new to campus, or just setting up a computer for the first time? This tutorial will show you how to get connected to our 'eduroam' network, which allows your computer to automatically connect without requiring a login.
Guests can create their own account on our 'usdguest' network free of charge. When you arrive, connect your computer to the 'usdguest' network and open a web browser (you will then be redirected to a registration page). You can view step-by-step instructions below.
Vendors and long term visitors here on behalf of USD have a few different options for wireless. If you are here for a short period of time (less than a month), it is usually best for you to log onto the 'usdguest' wireless account. If you are here for longer, or need access to other USD systems, your sponsor department can request with HR to create a non-employee ID number and allow an account to be created for a designated non-employee in order to use Eduroam.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions about eduroam:
eduroam (education roaming) allows users (student / faculty /researcher / staff) from USD and other participating institutions to securely access the Internet from any eduroam-enabled institution. The eduroam principle is based on the fact that the user's authentication is done by the user's "Home Institution", whereas the authorization decision allowing access to the network resources is done by the visited network.
When a user logs on at an eduroam-enabled wireless network, the user's authentication request is sent to the user's home institution for verification of the user's credentials. The "Home Institution" sends back to the visited institution the verification result.
If you are a faculty member, staff or student and have a USD email address, USD is your "Home Institution”. Using your USD email address will ensure you have the highest quality WiFi experience at USD. We recommend not using a former institution's credentials as there are standard eduroam restrictions.
USD Students, Faculty, Researchers, and Staff
Yes, as a current USD end-user USD is considered your "Home institution"and you will be able to use eduroam wireless. You will need to connect using your USD email address (username@sandiego.edu) and password. Just select the "eduroam" wireless network and login.
Visiting Students, Faculty, Researchers, and Staff
As a visiting student/faculty/researcher/staff you will only be able to use eduroam if your institution is a member of the eduroam consortium.
In most cases, if your institution is a member of the eduroam consortium you will probably already be connected. You (or your "Home Institution" network administrator) will have to configure your computer to enable eduroam access.
An eduroam visitor is a faculty member, researcher, staff or student from another participating eduroam institution visiting USD (without a USD email address).
eduroam provides a One-Time Configuration using your "Home Institution's" email address. No matter where you roam your "Home Institution's" email address will allow you access to free WiFi at other participating campuses.
eduroam is free for its users and can be used worldwide. The providers of eduroam hotspots make the service available to benefit all members of the research and education community.
See a list of participating campuses in the United States.
eduroam uses open standards to enable cross platform uniform access. This means that eduroam works on
- Windows
- Windows CE
- Linux
- MAC OS
Compatible
Most Wi-Fi capable mobile devices purchased since the last quarter of 2006 are compatible. This includes
- laptops
- desktop computers
- tablets
- phones
Not Compatibile
Gaming devices are not compatible, including:
- Nintendo
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- SmartTVs
To connect your Gaming or SmartTV devices use http://devicereg.sandiego.edu
eduroam is based on the most secure encryption and authentication standards in existence today. Its security by far exceeds typical commercial hotspots.
Be aware when using the wireless Internet at another eduroam institution, their local site security measures will apply to you as a visitor (i.e., port and bandwidth). For example, the firewall settings at the visited institution may be different from those used at USD, and as a visitor you will have access to fewer services on the wireless while you are at USD.
As a member institution of eduroam, USD complies with eduroam's standards of allowed ports for staff, faculty, researchers and students from other eduroam participating institutions.
On eduroam, communication between the access point and the user's home institution is based on IEEE 802.lX standard; 802.lX encompasses the use of EAP, the Extensible Authentication Protocol, which allows for different authentication methods. Depending on the type of EAP method used, either a secure tunnel will be established from the user's computer to his home institution through which the actual authentication information (email address and password) will be carried (EAP-TTLS or PEAP), or mutual authentication by public X.509 certificates, which is not vulnerable to eavesdropping, will be used (EAP-;TLS).
eduroam provides a single solution that accommodates all the mobile connectivity requirements of an institution, supporting local users connecting to the local network, visitors connecting to the local network and local users connecting to other participating networks.
eduroam removes the need to supply temporary accounts to visiting users, so reducing the support burden imposed by the ever-growing movement of students and researchers between institutions and countries.
eduroam is a federated source of authentication for participating institutions to access campus WiFi. USD controls authentication access via our local identity system and does not provide the eduroam federation with any login or password information. There are thousands of participating colleges and universities around the world using eduroam. Eduroam relies on your "Home Institution's" email address to recognize you as a member of eduroam.
Support
For further information and assistance with technical support, contact: ITS Help Desk help@sandiego.edu.
More Information
For more information about eduroam in the United States visit eduroam.us.
For more about international eduroam see eduroam.org.