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St. Olaf operates two wireless networks: eduroam and St. Olaf Guest:
- eduroam is a secure, authenticated wireless network that works on campus and allows seamless roaming to other higher education and research institutions. St. Olaf users are strongly encouraged to use the eduroam wireless network. This wireless network is secured, encrypted and provides access to the Internet and all St. Olaf computing resources i.e. printing.
- If you are a guest of the college coming from other eduroam participating institutions, your computer should automatically connect to the ‘eduroam’ wireless network. If prompted, use your home institution’s credentials to connect to eduroam. Please make sure you configure and test your connection at your home institution before visiting.
- St. Olaf Guest wireless network is for use by guests and visitors of the college. It can also be used by some devices (e.g. game consoles) that are unable to connect to the eduroam wireless network.
- For information on connecting to St. Olaf networks see Connecting to the Wireless Network (WiFi)
St. Olaf Guest WiFi
If you are a guest of the college coming from other eduroam participating institutions, your computer should automatically connect to the ‘eduroam’ wireless network. If prompted, use your home institution’s credentials to connect to eduroam. Please make sure you configure and test your connection at your home institution before visiting.
For all other guests and visitors, please connect to the ‘St. Olaf Guest’ wireless network.
eduroam - St. Olaf Computers
St. Olaf computers are set up to automatically connect to eduroam. If you are having issues, please fill out a Network Issue form for additional help.
MacOS: Logging into a Mac computer is similar to signing into any Google service: simply enter your St. Olaf email, password, and 2-step.
Windows: Log in with your full email address, which is the method of authentication that eduroam uses.
- Logging into your computer with your full email address will not impact your connectivity here on campus, just off campus at other institutions that use eduroam.
- If you’ve never logged into your Windows computer with your full email address (or if you aren’t sure if you have), at the sign-on screen please choose “Other User.” This will give you a username field to enter your full email address.
- If your Windows laptop goes to sleep and wakes up at a different institution, you will need to select the “eduroam_reconnect” wireless network. Please sign on with your full St. Olaf email address and password. Your computer should remember this preference (at the institution). If not, you’ll need to do this each time.
Home Assistance, Smart Plugs, other IoT Devices
There are a multitude of devices within the category of IoT - Internet of Things. This could include:
- Home Assistance i.e. Amazon Echo or Alexa, Google Home Mini
- Smart plugs or lights
- Streaming devices i.e. Amazon Fire TV Stick (firestick), Roku, Chromecast
As a general rule, if your device has 'Discover' or 'Find' or 'Automatic' it likely will not work on eduroam or St. Olaf Guest. These devices are designed for home networks, and generally don't work on an enterprise level network. IT continues to review and explore options.