eduroam QR code
eduroam is built on 802.1X and a federation of RADIUS servers. The user's home institution controls the identity and can require institution-specific settings, usernames/passwords, or personal certificates.
Use your institution's eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT), geteduroam flow, or local IT instructions. A generic WiFi credential QR should not be presented as a replacement for that configuration.
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eduroam uses 802.1X and RADIUS
The eduroam service authenticates through the user's home institution rather than one shared venue password.
CAT is institution-specific
eduroam CAT builds customized installers for participating organisations and device platforms.
geteduroam applies the required institution settings
The geteduroam app uses eduroam CAT information and the user's institution to configure supported devices.
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Workflow
The safest eduroam workflow begins with the organisation that issued the account.
eduroam credentials and configuration come from the institution where you study or work.
Select the institution and install the configuration intended for the device.
Depending on the institution, the authentication can use a username/password or a personal certificate.
The home institution is the correct support path for account, certificate, and device-configuration issues.
The goal is correct institution-specific configuration, not forcing an enterprise education network into a consumer WiFi QR template.
Use the onboarding instructions supplied by the institution that issued the eduroam identity.
Direct users to the institution's CAT/geteduroam profile or approved local setup process.
Comparison
The authentication models are materially different.
A shared SSID/password can often be represented in a simple WiFi QR payload.
802.1X authentication depends on institution-specific identity, server validation, and configuration that can require more than SSID plus one shared password.
Questions about QR codes, CAT, geteduroam, and institution-managed authentication.
Usually no. eduroam uses 802.1X and institution-specific authentication that can require more configuration than a shared SSID and password.
The Configuration Assistant Tool builds institution-specific installers for supported devices and helps apply the organisation's required eduroam settings.
It uses eduroam's central configuration information to help select the institution and apply the required settings on supported platforms.
No. Use the institution-approved onboarding flow and keep personal credentials private.
Contact the IT helpdesk of the institution that issued your eduroam account.
Select your organisation in CAT or geteduroam, follow the approved configuration, and contact campus IT when the institution-specific profile is unavailable.
WiFi QR generator for ordinary networksUse RepointQR for compatible ordinary WiFi networks, not as a replacement for eduroam enterprise authentication.
