Eduroam instructions for Windows Computers

Setup for academics domain users on university owned Windows computers as well as all users on privately owned Windows computers:

1. Open up the control panel and navigate to ‘Network and Internet’ > ‘Network and Sharing Center’

Screenshot of Control Panel Settings. Image shows the settings under Network and Internet. The setting for Network and Sharing Center is highlighted with a red box.

2. Click on "Set Up a New Connection or Network".

Screenshot of Network and Sharing Center Settings. The "Set up a new connection or network" option is highlighted with a red box.

3. Select ‘Manually connect to a wireless network’

Screenshot of Step one of 'Set Up a new Connection or Network'. The option to 'Manually connect to a wireless network' is highlighted by a red box.

4. Fill in the following:

Network Name: eduroam
Security Type: WPA2-Enterprise
Security Key (check off the box): Start this connection automatically

Screenshot of settings for Manually Connecting to a Wireless Network. The information listed about is filled into the corresponding boxes. The Next button is located at the bottom right hand side of the screen, surrounded by a light blue box.

5. Click on "Change Connection Settings".

Screenshot of step two in Manually connect to a wireless network. Image shows that eduroam was successfully added. The option to "Change Connection Settings" is highlighted with a red box.

6. Click on the "Security" tab and then select "Settings".

Screenshot of eduroam Wireless Network Properties. The Security tab and the Settings button are highlighted with red boxes.

7. Check off the box next to ‘Connect to these servers’, and enter the name ‘eduroam.rwu.edu’;

8. Check off the ‘Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority – G2’ as shown in the image.

9. Click on configure, and ensure that the ‘Automatically use my windows login name…’ is not checked.

10. Once complete, please click ok on both EAP boxes:

Screenshot of Steps to set up eduroam's security settings. Each step is highlighted with a red box. Screenshot of EAP MSCHAPv2 Properties. The information under the properties is checked off. The OK button is highlighted with a red box and corresponding step number.

11. Click on 'Advanced Settings'

12. Click the checkbox next to ‘Specify authentication mode’, and select ‘User authentication’ from the list.

13. Select 'OK' on any remaining dialog.

Screenshot of eduroam Wireless Network Properties. The Advanced Settings and OK button are highlighted with a red box and number to corresponding step. Screenshot of the advanged settings of the eduroam Wireless Network Properties. The Specific authentication mode and OK button are highlighted with a red box and number to corresponding step.

14. With this set, you can now connect to the eduroam network, and enter in your username and password in the following format:

Staff (RWU Domain Users): Username@rwu.edu
Faculty and Staff (Academics Domain Users): Username@academics.rwu.edu