Connect to Wi-Fi

eduroamCAT is available from the Play Store and has been preconfigured with the University’s eduroam setup details. It is the simplest and most secure way of setting up eduroam on any  Android 8, 9 or 10 device.

To check your Android version, go to Settings > About phone.

Step-by-step guide:

• Download and install the eduroamCAT app.
• A list of nearby eduroam organisations will appear. If Canterbury Christ Church University is on the list, select it. If not, select ‘manual search’ at the bottom of the screen and search for ‘Canterbury’.
• Once you have found the Canterbury Christ Church University profile, select it and click ‘install’.
• Enter your University credentials in the form username@canterbury.ac.uk (e.g. ab123@canterbury.ac.uk), followed by your computing account password.
• Congratulations, you are now set up on eduroam and your device should connect automatically when within range.

Android 11 has new, tighter restrictions for Wifi setup. As such, our Wifi provider has introduced a new replacement app – geteduroam – especially for this operating system.

geteduroam is available from the Play Store that has been preconfigured with the University’s eduroam set up details. It is the simplest and most secure way of setting up eduroam and an Android 11 device.

To check your Android version, go to Settings > About phone.

Step-by-step guide:

• Install the geteduroam app from the Play Store and launch it.
• Search for ‘Canterbury’.
• Select ‘Canterbury Christ Church University’
• Enter your University credentials in the form username@canterbury.ac.uk (e.g. ab123@canterbury.ac.uk), followed by your computing account password.
• Congratulations, you are now set up on eduroam and your device should connect automatically when within range.

geteduroam is an app available from the App Store that has been preconfigured with the University’s eduroam set up details. It is the simplest and most secure way of setting up eduroam and an iPhone.

Step-by-step guide:

• Install the geteduroam app from the App Store and launch it.
• Search for ‘Canterbury’, and select the profile ‘Canterbury Christ Church University’.
• Enter your University credentials in the form username@canterbury.ac.uk (e.g. ab123@canterbury.ac.uk), followed by your computing account password.
• Several dialogue boxes may appear asking for permission to connect to the network. Click ‘allow’.
• Congratulations, you are now set up on eduroam and your device should connect automatically when within range.

eduroamCAT is a tool that has been preconfigured with the University’s eduroam set up details. It is the simplest and most secure way of setting up eduroam on a Mac.

Step-by-step guide:

• Visit https://cat.eduroam.org and click on the button to download the eduroam installer.
• Select ‘Canterbury Christ Church University’ from the list of organisations, or search for ‘Canterbury’ if it is not present.
• Select ‘Download your eduroam installer’ and save the file.
• Launch the installer. If the profile helper does not appear, launch ‘System Preferences’ and select ‘Profiles’.
• Select the Canterbury Christ Church University profile and click ‘Install’.
• When a dialogue box appears, click ‘Continue’.
• Enter your University credentials in the form username@canterbury.ac.uk (e.g. ab123@canterbury.ac.uk), followed by your computing account password.
• Congratulations, you are now set up on eduroam and your device should connect automatically when within range.

eduroamCAT is an app available from the Play Store that has been preconfigured with the University’s eduroam set up details. It is the simplest and most secure way of setting up eduroam on a Windows PC.

Step-by-step guide:

• Browse to https://cat.eduroam.org and click on the button to ‘download your eduroam installer’.
• Select ‘Canterbury Christ Church University’ from the listed organisations or search for ‘Canterbury’ if it is not present.
• Download and run the installer.
• Follow the on-screen instructions.
• Enter your University credentials in the form username@canterbury.ac.uk (e.g. ab123@canterbury.ac.uk), followed by your computing account password.
• Accept the certificate installation.
• Congratulations, you are now set up on eduroam and your device should connect automatically when within range.

Use eduroam’s configuration assistant tool to install and enable eduroam 

1. Using Google Chrome browser, go to http://cat.eduroam.org.
2. Search for and select Canterbury Christ Church University in the list of institutions.
3. Download your eduroam installer for Chrome OS by clicking the eduroam button. Then click Continue.
4. In a new Google Chrome browser tab, type into the address bar: chrome://network.
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and under Import ONC File, click Choose file.
6. Navigate to the ONC file named eduroam-chromeos-CCCU just downloaded and select it.
7. Click Open to import it.
8. Networks imported: 1 will appear under the Choose File button.
9. Open the Network menu on your device and tap eduroam.
10. Fill in the Join Wi-Fi network with the following:
    
    EAP method: PEAP
    Phase 2 Authentication: MSCHAPV2
    CA certificate: Do not validate
    Identity: your CCCU username (example: ab123@canterbury.ac.uk)
    Password: your CCCU password
    
    
11. Click Connect.
12. Your device is now connected to eduroam. It will automatically connect at participating institutions.

For Linux systems eduroamCAT is a python script that can be downloaded from https://cat.eduroam.org. It will configure eduroam under NetworkManager or if this is not appropriate it will create a wpa_supplicant config file.

The certificates will be installed in ~/.cat_installer

You will be asked for your University credentials during the installation. These will be saved to your computer.