Free
Internet Access – Eduroam and WiFi Hotspots
By
S K Tsui
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"Eduroam" (Education Roaming) is a global
wireless network using WPA (IEEE802.1X)
security technology to enable staff and students of a member institution
to use the wireless network of another Eduroam member with the
use of the credentials (user name and password) provided by their
home institution. CityU staff and students can now enjoy free
Wi-Fi Internet access when visiting any one of the member institutions
of EduRoam around the world including most local universities
in Hong Kong. So next time when you visit an Eduroam member institution,
you can simply use your CityU’s LAN Connection password to access
the Internet free of charge through its Wi-Fi network. If you
would like to learn more about Eduroam and obtain the list of
member institutions, please visit www.eduroam.hk
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Besides Eduroam, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has also
started the WiFi Collaboration Project with two WiFi Service Providers
(PCCW and Y5ZONE) to provide boundary-free mobile computing (Ref:
Network Computing Issue 52 June 2007). Having gone through the
testing stage, the CSC is pleased to announce that all University
members (both staff and students) can now enjoy free of charge
Internet access at all local WiFi hotspots (over 4,000 locations)
in Hong Kong such as cafes and shopping malls operated by these
service providers. For the location of hotspots, please visit
http://www.pccwwifi.com
and
http://www.y5zone.com .
University users can also access the free wireless Internet service
through the GovWiFi facilities at designated government premises.
Please refer to the GovWiFi homepage ( http://www.gov.hk/wifi
) for more information, and refer to the user guide and the GovWiFi
locator in the same page for the set-up and locations respectively.
For details of device configuration and set-up as well as their
related FAQs for the new WiFi services offered by the EduRoam
and the hotspots providers, please visit http://www.cityu.edu.hk/csc/deptweb/facilities/ctnet/wlan/wlanmain.htm
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