Implementing eduroam at your organisation
  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Days
  • Cost Paid
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Implementing eduroam at your organisation

Issued by Jisc

This hands-on course takes participants through how eduroam operates at both a basic technical level, but also at a support level. Hands-on experience in labs is provided, showing how a RADIUS server can be configured for eduroam (both for home and for visited usage), examining the RADIUS proxy traffic and changing the contents of proxied messages. It consists of 1 day F2F (face to face)

  • Type Learning
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Days
  • Cost Paid
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Earning Criteria

  • This Implementing eduroam at your organisation course consists of 1 day F2F (face to face). Being awarded this digital credential is dependent on the participant fulfilling all the Jisc training course criteria. In doing so this participant has shown they are able to:
  • Describe EAP/RADIUS and eduroam proxying; Describe the EAP authentication cycle; Understand the additional requirements on equipment; Describe the relationship between eduroam and eduroamUK; Understand why and how to compile FreeRADIUS; Understand output from FreeRADIUS in debug mode; Understand how to configure FreeRADIUS as a visited site ORPS; Understand how to perform a packet capture of RADIUS traffic; Understand how to configure FreeRADIUS as a basic home site ORPS;
  • Apply knowledge of RADIUS proxying to describe the eduroam authentication infrastructure and how eduroam proxies requests; Understand how to integrate FreeRADIUS with Active Directory; Describe the eduroamUK support server; Understand how to use the eduroamUK support server; Understand how to analyse RADIUS packets; Understand the importance of monitoring and methods that can be used; Identify the issues with getting users devices online;
  • Understand the requirements of a successful deployment of eduroam; Understand the importance of protecting the ORPS systems deployed; Understand VSAs, why they should be filtered and how to filter them; Describe the Operator-Name and know how to add it to proxied packets; Understand the current security levels of wireless in eduroam; Describe the importance of certificates and validating your RADIUS server; Understand the eduroam monitoring system;
  • Identify common error messages from RADIUS servers and what they mean.
  • Participants will demonstrate they have met these outcomes by;
  • Having taken part in all activities
  • Fully engaged in interaction
  • Contributed to discussions
  • Completed all assignments