Eduroam is a collaborative network [PDF] that allows students, staff, and faculty to access wireless services at cooperating post-secondary institutions without obtaining a guest account. It allows a user visiting another institution to login using the same credentials they would use at their home institution.
Setting up a new eduroam connection
- Right-click on the Network Connection icon at the bottom right of your screen.
- Click Open Network and Sharing Center from the contextual menu that appears.
- Click on Set up a new connection or network.
- Click on Manually connect to a wireless network.
- Click on Set up a new connection or network.
- Enter the following information for the eduroam profile:
- Network name: eduroam (Note: must be all lowercase letters)
- Security type: change to WPA2-Enterprise
- Encryption type: change to AES
- Click Next.
- Note: If you get a message that says “A network called eduroam already exists”, you will need to remove that eduroam profile before returning to the start of these instructions.
- Note: If you get a message that says “A network called eduroam already exists”, you will need to remove that eduroam profile before returning to the start of these instructions.
- Now that you’ve successfully added eduroam to your network profile list, click Change Connection Settings.
- Click on the Security tab.
- Click on Settings.
- As shown in the diagram below, please perform these steps in the following order:
- Uncheck the Verify the Server’s Identity by Validating the Certificate checkbox.
- Uncheck the Enable Fast Reconnect checkbox.
- Click the Configure button.
- In the EAP MSCHAPv2 Properties dialog, uncheck the Automatically use my Windows logon… checkbox.
- Click OK.
- Now you’re back in the eduroam Wireless Network Properties dialog box. Click the Advanced settings button.
- In the 802.1X settings tab, perform these steps in the following order:
- Enable the Specify authentication mode checkbox.
- Select User Authentication from the drop-down menu.
- Enter your usual BCIT login credentials.
- Click the Save credentials button.
- Click OK or Close on all the open dialog boxes to save all of your settings.
If eduroam doesn’t connect automatically
- Click on the wireless connection icon at the bottom right of your screen.
- Select eduroam from the list.
- Click the Connect button.
- Enter your usual BCIT login credentials (Your myBCIT email address and password)
- Click the OK button.

You should now be connected to eduroam in the list of available wireless connections.
Deleting a previous version of eduroam, if it already exists
Note: These steps should only be performed if you had an existing eduroam connection above.
- Click on Network Connection at the bottom right of your screen.
- Click on Network Settings.
- Click on Manage Wi-Fi Settings at the bottom of the Network & Internet dialog.
- Under Manage known networks, click on eduroam to select it.
- Click the Forget button.
- Return to the start of these instructions to install eduroam properly.