eduroam (education roaming) is an international Wi-Fi internet access roaming service for users in research, higher education and further education. It provides researchers, teachers, and students network access when visiting an institution other than their own. Users are authenticated with credentials from their home institution, regardless of the location of the eduroam access point. Authorization to access the Internet and other resources are handled by the visited institution. Users do not have to pay to use eduroam. Nowadays, the service covers more than 6,000 research and education institutions in over 70 countries and regions, in which there are over 300 domestic universities and research institutions included.
1. Visit other institutions
When visiting the institutions with eduroam hotspots, please use the HKUST(GZ) account to connect the Wi-Fi. Instructions are as follows (please click here for the list of institutions with eduroam hotspots):
For Windows users
(1) Turn on WLAN;
(2) Select the Wi-Fi named “eduroam”;
(3) Connect to it with the HKUST(GZ) account and password.
For Android users
(1) Turn on WLAN;
(2) Select the Wi-Fi named “eduroam”;
(3) Select “PEAP” for the EAP method;
(4) Select “MSCHAPv2” for the phase 2 authentication;
(5) Select “Do not validate” for the CA certificate;
(6) Connect to it with the HKUST(GZ) account and password.
For iOS users
(1) Turn on WI-FI;
(2) Select the Wi-Fi named “eduroam”;
(3) Enter the HKUST(GZ) account and password;
(4) Click “Trust” on the “Certificate” page.
2. Visit HKUST(GZ)
Visitors from the institutions with eduroam hotspots can access the Wi-Fi via the home institution account. Instructions are as above.