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Connecting to Eduroam
15 January 2024
Eduroam stands for EDUcation ROAMing. It enables UC staff and postgraduate students to use the eduroam network on our campus. Learn more about connecting to Eduroam.
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Eduroam stands for EDUcation ROAMing. It allows UC staff and postgraduate students to use the eduroam network on the UC campus.
UC staff and all UC students are able to login to eduroam at other participating institutions using their IT account. It also allows users from other participating academic institutions to connect to UC wireless using their authentication credentials from their own institution.
Please note for visitors to University of Canterbury using eduroam i.e. not using UC credentials you will only have limited access to UC resources such as internet, learn etc
Connecting to Eduroam
A configuration tool is available at https://cat.eduroam.org/
- Click to download eduroam installer
- Select "University of Canterbury" from the list of Organisations
- Download setup tool for your device (Android will require "geteduroam" app to be installed from the Google Play store).
| CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS | FOR IPHONES, IPADS, LAPTOPS, ETC |
| User name | UC username |
| Password | Use your normal UC password |
| CONFIGURATION INSTRUCTIONS | FOR ANDROID PHONES |
EAP method and Phase-2 Authentication | TTLS (Phase 2 PAP) (preferred) or PEAP (Phase 2: MSCHAPv2) |
| CA certificate | Select "Do not validate" |
| User name | UC username |
Authentication information and traffic is recorded by IT Services and your home organisation in case of network abuse and for statistical purposes. For more information on the use of eduroam, including links to where it is available, visit the global eduroam website.
The use of eduroam is governed by the New Zealand Eduroam Policy and the University of Canterbury Internet Usage Policy. For visitors to UC the Acceptable Use Policy of your home institution also applies.
Eduroam - manual configuration details
For all users including students, the username must be in the format [usercode]@canterbury.ac.nz e.g. abc123@canterbury.ac.nz
If you are connecting from another institution, please use your institution's setup instructions or the eduroam CAT tool above.
Note: This is not your email address, the @canterbury.ac.nz portion tells a remote institute where to send the login request.
CONFIGURATION ITEM | SETTING |
Username / Identity | [usercode]@canterbury.ac.nz |
Password | Use your normal UC password |
EAP method and Phase-2 Authentication | PEAP (Phase 2: MSCHAPv2) or TTLS (Phase 2 PAP) |
CA certificate | "Use system certificates" |
Domain | canterbury.ac.nz |
Anonymous username | Leave Blank or "anonymous@canterbury.ac.nz" |
Authentication information and traffic is recorded by IT Services and your home organisation in case of network abuse and for statistical purposes. For more information on the use of eduroam, including links to where it is available, visit the global eduroam website.
The use of eduroam is governed by the New Zealand eduroam Policy and the University of Canterbury Internet Usage Policy. For visitors to UC the Acceptable Use Policy of your home institution also applies.
