RENU eduroam Deployments
RENU has innovatively extended eduroam beyond campus boundaries through solutions like Metro eduroam, Homelinks, eduroam on the Go, and Managed IdP, ensuring secure, seamless access for users wherever they are.
OnCampus eduroam
Campus eduroam is the traditional deployment of eduroam, installed across a university or institution’s internal network including offices, lecture halls, libraries, labs, and administrative areas.
Purpose:
To provide secure and seamless Wi-Fi access on campus to students, staff, and researchers using their institutional login credentials.
Key Benefits:
Ideal For: Institutions with internal IT teams and existing infrastructure to support eduroam deployment across their premises.
Metro eduroam
Metro eduroam extends Wi-Fi access beyond institutional campuses into urban environments such as student hostels, innovation hubs, transport stations, or shared academic spaces.
Purpose:
To ensure students and researchers remain connected to eduroam even when they are off-campus, especially in densely populated education zones.
Key Benefits:
Ideal For: Urban student accommodation areas, academic conference venues, and towns with multiple eduroam-participating institutions.
Homelinks eduroam
Homelinks eduroam enables individual users (students, lecturers, or researchers) to access eduroam from their homes using a plug-and-play device configured and provided by RENU.
Purpose:
To bring eduroam to users who study or work remotely — especially in areas where the institution has no eduroam deployment or during disruptions like COVID-19.
Key Benefits:
Ideal For: Remote learners, home-based staff, or field researchers needing a secure, consistent internet connection.
Managed Identity Provider (IdP)
Managed IdP is a hosted identity management solution that allows institutions without their own authentication infrastructure to still offer eduroam to their users.
Purpose:
To enable eduroam access for smaller institutions or those without technical capacity to run RADIUS servers or identity directories.
Key Benefits:
Ideal For: Secondary schools, small colleges, and training institutes without an IT department or identity management systems.
eduroam On The Go
eduroam on the Go is a portable eduroam deployment kit that provides Wi-Fi connectivity in temporary or mobile settings such as academic field sites, workshops, rural training events, and mobile labs.
Purpose:
To support short-term academic activities by offering secure, institution-backed internet access in areas without permanent infrastructure.
Key Benefits:
Ideal For: Research teams in the field, training bootcamps, mobile learning labs, and rural education outreach programs.
240+
Institutions on eduroam
The Numbers Don't Lie
eduroam in Uganda
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240 institutions already onboarded across Uganda -
600+ eduroam hotspots deployed, including campus, hostel, and metro sites
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80,000+ unique user connections logged in 2024
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eduroam active in all major academic towns, with upcountry expansion ongoing