Eduroam

Education Roaming (eduroam) is a worldwide Internet access service for educational and research institutions and their staff and students. It enables Internet access at the sites of all participating organizations, using their own username and password.

In order to use eduroam, an eduroam compatible, valid account with one of the participating institutions is required. The accounts of the Max-Planck-Institute are eduroam compatible. Eduroam is an encrypted radio link (WPA2).

Please always follow our instructions or programs when setting up the eduroam on your device and do not use the automatic functions of your device. Many systems use only weak security checks or no security checks at all for automatic setting, which could allow an attacker to intercept your password at any time. He only needs to be within radio range of your device.

To ensure a secure eduroam configuration, it is strongly recommended to set up eduroam using the configuration wizard CAT tool

Note

Currently you cannot connect to eduroam using Windows 11.

Linux

At first, visit cat.eduroam.org and click on the big blue button in the center of the website.

Now choose the Organisation Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften. To make it easier to find there is a search bar, where you can simply type in the word math.

Click on the blue button to download the script file eduroam-linux-MfMidN.py.

Save the file.

Locate the eduroam-linux-MfMidN.py file and right-click on it. Check the box next to Program: Allow this file to run as a program.

Right-click again on it and choose Open with… and choose Python (3.x).

Note

Alternatively, open a terminal, change into the directory where you downloaded the file and type:

python eduroam-linux-MfMidN.py

The script asks you for your credentials:

username@mis.mpg.de : your MPI MiS username + @mis.mpg.de
password : your MPI MiS password

Mac

At first, visit cat.eduroam.org and click on the big blue button in the center of the website.

Now choose the Organisation Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften. To make it easier to find there is a search bar, where you can simply type in the word math.

Click on the blue button to download the file eduroam-OS_X-MfMidN.mobileconfig.

Go to your Downloads folder and double-click on the eduroam-OS_X-MfMidN.mobileconfig file. Install the certificates.

Enter your username and password:

username@mis.mpg.de : your MPI MiS username + @mis.mpg.de
password : your MPI MiS password

Install the profile eduroam.

If everything worked, you are now able to use the eduroam network.

IOS 12

At first, visit cat.eduroam.org and click on the big blue button in the center of the website.

Now choose the Organisation Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften. To make it easier to find there is a search bar, where you can simply type in the word math.

Tap on the blue button to download the eduroam certificates.

Allow the website to download the Configuration Profile.

Head to your General Settings and install the certificates under Downloaded Profile.

To install the certificates, you have to enter your device’s passcode (the passcode you use to enter your phone). Tab Next (this is just a reminder of how to enter your MPI username properly). Don’t worry about the Warning: it is a standard message by iOS. There is no Wi-Fi proxy in this case!

Enter your username and password:

username@mis.mpg.de : your MPI MiS username + @mis.mpg.de
password : your MPI MiS password

The eduroam profile is now installed.

Android

Make sure your phone doesn’t have eduroam already saved.

Install the app ‘geteduroam’ from the Google Play Store.

In your browser, go to https://cat.eduroam.org/?idp=5050&profile=5027 and click on the blue button. Then click on Weiter below and wait a few seconds.

Download the file and open it. The geteduroam app should open.

Enter your login and password (username@mis.mpg.de). If you entered correctly, you will get a message that the configuration was successful.

Windows

At first, after visiting https://cat.eduroam.org/, click on the big blue button in the center of the website.

Now choose the Organisation Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften. To make it easier to find, use the search bar and simply type in the word math.