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Choose Eduroam for secure WiFi at Clarkson University

Summary

Students, faculty and staff choose eduroam for secure wireless connections on the Potsdam and CRC campuses. All other guests on campus should use public WiFi access: ClarksonUniversity

Features of eduroam: 

  • Encrypted, secure connection with assurance you are really connecting to Clarkson's network
  • Connect to your building's network
  • Access on-campus resources
  • Priority access to the Internet
  • Access devices you have in your on-campus office or residence from anywhere on campus
  • Quick access at other participating eduroam universities.

How to Access eduroam: 

Get started with this quick one-time set up:

1) From your laptop, smart phone or other wireless device, click to download and install the eduroam CAT (Configuration Assistant Tool) linked below. iOS must use Safari browser.

More information for:  

2) Provide your username as: username@clarkson.edu when prompted.

Scan or Click QR code below to download/install the eduroam CAT.

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Guests use public WiFi with ClarksonUniversity

The ClarksonUniversity network is available with no authentication for general and guest network access. However performance on this network will be limited, and since it is open, it is NOT considered secure. Only use this network to connect to eduroam CAT, or if your device cannot use eduroam.

Tips

  • The CAT (Configuration Assistant Tool) is required in order to connect to eduroam. This allows eduroam to install the certificates needed to validate the eduroam SSID and authentication servers.
  • You must provide your username as: username@clarkson.edu when prompted. If you do not include @clarkson.edu, eduroam will not work. This is because eduroam has more participants than just Clarkson, so it needs to know which university to authenticate against.
  • You are NOT permitted to install your own wireless router, access point, or repeater. Wired network switches are allowed but not supported. If you are experiencing a wireless coverage issue in a building listed above, please contact the IT HelpDesk for assistance.
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