All registered Dundalk IT students are allowed to connect their laptops, smartphones and tablets to the eduroam Student Wi-Fi service. To have a device connected to the wireless network please follow the steps below.
-- Eduroam --
eduroam also allows Dundalk IT students to have instant Wi-Fi access at other affiliated institutions all over the world. Please see https://www.eduroam.org/index.php?p=where for more details.
eduroam provide a very useful configuration assistant tool (eduroam CAT) to help streamline eduroam access. Please see https://cat.eduroam.org/.
If you are a student visiting DkIT and are wondering about Wi-Fi access please see http://www.eduroam.ie/participants.php to see if your institution is a member of eduroam.
If you are having trouble connecting to eduroam here at DkIT please see https://www.eduroam.org/index.php?p=contact
-- How to configure your device --
To connect to the eduraom Wi-Fi service simply select eduroam from the available Wi-Fi networks and choose connect. Your username is your Dundalk IT Student ID as StudentID@dkit.ie (e.g. 123456789@dkit.ie) and your password is your Student IT Account password.
N.B. If you are running Windows 7 however, follow the manual configuration instructions below.
-- How to manually configure your device for eduroam Wi-Fi --
Windows 7
- In the start menu type Manage wireless networks and select.
- Choose Add and Manually create a network profile.
- Enter the network name as eduroam and choose security type as WPA2-Enterprise.
- Click Next and Change connection settings.
- Select the security tab and choose the settings button
- Untick Validate server certificate.
- Under Select Authentication method choose Configure.
- Untick Automatically use my Windows... and click OK.
- Click OK and OK again.
- Click Advanced settings.
- Select Specify Authentication mode and selet User Authentication
- Enter your DkIT Student IT account details as StudentID@dkit.ie and your password when prompted.
Any other Windows device
- Select eduroam from the available Wi-Fi networks in the bottom right hand corner.
- Enter your DkIT Student IT account details as StudentID@dkit.ie and your password.
- Choose Connect
All Apple Devices
- Select eduroam from the available Wi-Fi networks in the top right corner.
- Enter your DkIT Student IT account details as StudentID@dkit.ie and your password.
- Choose Connect.
Android
- Go to Wi-Fi settings and select eduroam.
- Leave EAP method as PEAP .
- Leave Phase 2 authentication to MSCHAPV2.
- Set Identity to your StudentID@dkit.ie.
- Leave Anonymous Identity blank.
- Set password to your DkIT Student IT Account password.
Kindle
- Go to the home screen.
- Select Menu and Turn On Wireless from the list of options.
- Select Menu and Settings.
- Select eduroam from the list of Wi-Fi networks.
- Enter your DkIT Student IT account details as StudentID@dkit.ie and your password.
- Choose Connect.
-- How to use DkIT Mobile Printing --
To print a document from your mobile device please do the following:
- Log into your Dundalk IT email account.
- Email the document you wish to print to: studentprinting@dkit.ie
- Your print job will be queued up against your SafeQ account.
- Please wait for an email response informing you if your job has been successfully sent.
- Then proceed with the normal steps on printing a print job.
Please note:
- The email must be sent from your DkIT email account.
- If the document has colour in it, it will be printed in colour.