eduroam is a federated service that allows roaming research and educational users to more easily obtain Internet access via the WiFi service at participating sites. When attaching to eduroam WiFi users are authenticated via their home institution. If authentication succeeds the user is granted wireless network access.
Further information on eduroam is available from the national eduroam site for Ireland, which identifies eduroam hotspots in Ireland, and from the central eduroam service website, which identifies eduroam hotspots worldwide.
The following are the details of eduroam WiFi offered at Sligo Library:
| WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION
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| Wireless network name (SSID): | eduroam |
| Encryption levels supported: | AES |
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NETWORK ACCESS INFORMATION
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| Website filtering | Yes, access to some websites are blocked |
| Port/Protocol restrictions | Yes (Ports allowed based on eduroam.ie policy excluding DNS) |
| Transparent proxying of your traffic | No |
| Network Address Translation (NAT) of wireless device address? | Yes |
| IPv6 support | No |
NOTE: that authentication problems should be addressed to the support staff at your home site, as the security
mechanisms within eduroam mean that much of the detail of the authentication step is not visible to the support staff at visited sites.