JRS (Eduroam) information for visitors to Glasgow University

Requirements: You will need an Eduroam ID and password from your home institution to access this service.

Availability

The JRS (wireless) service is available in the same locations as Flexible Access and is indicated by signs. See also the list of Wireless hotspots

• The SSID for the wireless network is broadcast as eduroam.   
• The network access method is IEEE 802.1x using your "home" institution username and password.

Connecting

Visitors may need to use their home institutions instructions and user name.

Windows auto installers:

Download and run.

• Windows 7 and Vista
  • for staff
  • for students
• Windows XP
  • for staff
  • for students

Eduroam manual connection instructions:

• Windows 7
• Windows XP
• Macintosh (10.5-10.6)
• Macintosh (10.7 Lion)
• Linux

Mobile and tablets

• iOS - iPad, iPhone and iPod
• Android version 1.6 and above
• Windows Phone 7
• Blackberry

Hotspots

• Wireless hotspots

Important security note

It is your responsibility to take steps to ensure that you maintain your own data protection and privacy.
You should discuss this with and receive guidance from your home site.

Depending on the facilities offered by your home network, you perhaps may use a VPN to secure traffic; alternatively you may already deploy secure methods such as HTTPS (SSL) VPNs or secure web pages for email (or perhaps other secure protocols such as SSH). You should be aware that any data traffic which is 'in the clear' is potentially visible to others with the right kind of software unless you take precautions.

The JRS wireless network use WPA security with TKIP encryption.

* The use of network facilities while you are visiting is covered by

• The University of Glasgow Computing Regulations,
• your home institution's Computing Regulations
• and by the JANET Acceptable Use Policy (to which your institution is a signatory).

Policy on what you can access:

Once you have accessed the University's flexible access network and authenticated, the policy for access is that you may use only the following set of protocols:

• HTTP, HTTPS, web proxy, ICMP (Echo, Echo-reply, Source-quench, Time-exceeded)
• SSH, Cisco VPN, Microsoft VPN, BGMP, Lotus Note, PPTP, GRE, AHP, ESP

Further information

You may find it helpful in the early stages of your use of the Eduroam/JRS to consult your own home institution's pages on JRS roaming, where some of the issues posed by roaming may have been already anticipated. Note that we cannot assist in configuring your system and can only answer questions regarding availability.