Network provides UD employees, students, visiting scholars secure Internet access

11:30 a.m., April 14, 2015--The University of Delaware has joined over 5,500 educational and research institutions participating in eduroam, an international federated network that provides faculty, researchers, students and staff at member institutions Internet access at any member institution.

“Access to eduroam increases opportunities for collaboration with other institutions,” said Carl Jacobson, vice president, UD Information Technologies (IT). 

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“UD faculty, staff and students can use eduroam when visiting or studying at another institution and we, in turn, can offer eduroam access to visiting researchers, faculty and students,” he continued.

Eduroam has been available for testing on some parts of the Newark campus since January, and is now available as a wireless network option on all UD campuses statewide. 

“We've heard that UD faculty have already used it on other university campuses, and we know that visiting faculty have used it here,” said Joe Kempista, director, IT Client Support and Services. 

According to the eduroam website, “eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, worldwide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. [It] allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop[s].” 

For a member of the UD community to log in to the eduroam wireless network at UD or at another member institution, all that’s needed is a valid @udel.edu email address and password (e.g., johnxroe@udel.edu, not just johnxroe). A guest visiting UD should register their network credentials at their home institution before coming to UD.

“One of the first ‘rave’ reviews came from a University of Pittsburgh professor attending UD’s Winter Faculty Institute. She was thrilled to find she could access the Internet from the UD ISE Lab using her Pitt email credentials,” said Kempista.

“We are glad to fulfill this request from University researchers,” Jacobson said. “Eduroam provides secure Internet access for visiting scholars here and abroad, and has the added benefit of making it easier for many UD Institute for Global Studies students to access the Internet securely during their time abroad.”

For more information, consult the eduroam help page at the UD IT website or contact the IT Support Center.