Eduroam

What is Eduroam?

Eduroam (Education Roaming) is a secure, global wireless access network for the academic and research community. It allows students, faculty and researchers from participating institutions to access high-speed Internet and online resources while traveling to other participating institutions around the world. Eduroam allows users to connect securely and easily to the Internet anywhere there is a participating institution.

Eduroam-cr is part of the global mobility space operated by European academic networks and TERENA (Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association) which cover Europe through eduroam Europe, and extend to eduroam Canada, eduroam US, and eduroam APAN (Asia and Pacific).

What is Zli Wifi?

Zli Wifi is a free wireless internet zone program developed by Consorcio RACSA, ICE and PC as an initiative of SUTEL through the Fondo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (FONATEL).

This project aims to bring free wireless Internet to several areas of the country.

 

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Participants

Universities and Institutions members of the Costa Rican Academic Network that show their interest in eduroam and are developing local RADIUS server configuration activities, contributing to deploy the eduroam mobility space at a national level: Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (ITCR) Universidad Nacional (UNA) Universidad  Estatal a  Distancia (UNED) CONSEJO NACIONAL DE RECTORES (CONARE) and its Programs.

Usage statistics

Comprehensive statistics on Eduroam usage are available, providing valuable insight into the profile of its users. For a more detailed analysis, we invite you to visit the following information panels: connections by customer and also connections by country conexiones por clientes y también conexiones por país

Below, we present a series of graphs illustrating the geography and origin of Eduroam users, providing a complete and reliable view of their reach and availability.

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT ARE THE EDUROAM RESTRICTIONS?

Las restricciones impuestas a la red “eduroam” queda a discreción de la entidad que presta el servicio. Como mínimo, “eduroam” proporciona conectividad de red básica para la navegación web (HTTP, web segura (HTTPS). No hay garantía de que “eduroam” proporcionará el mismo acceso a los recursos como en su institución.

IS THE EDUROAM NETWORK SECURE?

Las redes inalámbricas “eduroam” implementan el cifrado WPA / TKIP con autenticación 802.1x. Algunas instituciones pueden ofrecer métodos adicionales como WPA2/AES o la operación de modo mixto (WPA y WPA2). Esto asegura que su conexión a la red inalámbrica es segura, sin embargo, aún debe continuar utilizando protocolos que proporcionan cifrado de extremo a extremo como HTTPS y SSH.

WHAT ARE THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TO USE THE EDUROAM SERVICE?

Conectarse a una red “eduroam” requiere un adaptador inalámbrico compatible WPA y un suplicante de 802.1x. El tipo de EAP (TTLS, PEAP, etc) requeridos por un usuario será la misma que la institución de origen del usuario.

Links

In the following links you will find more information about the eduroam service, as well as the institutions that are part of the service. EDUROAM.org   EDUROAM APAN   EDUROAM CANADA   TERENA