What is eduroam
Eduroam (Education Roaming) is an international roaming service specifically designed for the academic and research community. It provides users from participating educational institutions with secure wireless internet access across different campuses, research institutions, and partner institutions worldwide. The service was developed by GÉANT, incubated by SANReN, and is now operated as a production service by TENET.
Eduroam Benefits
- Available in over 100 countries across universities, colleges, research centres, and libraries
- Free to use at participating institutions
- Allows students, researchers, and staff to access internet services when traveling between institutions
- Eliminates the need to obtain separate login credentials at each location by allowing users to use their home institution credentials to authenticate securely
- Users don’t need to request guest access at each institution; their existing login works everywhere.
Eduroam Website
Visit the eduroam website on https://eduroam.ac.za/, there you will find:
- A list of participating institutions
- FAQs and troubleshooting tips
- Technical support information
- Information on how to join eduroam South Africa
- Eduroam cost and Policy
How to connect to Eduroam