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- If you need help after following the setup instructions on this website, you can attend one of ITS' free NYURoam Wireless Workshops for hands-on help. To register, visit the ITS Classes pages.
About NYURoam
NYURoam is New York University's secure wireless network, available to eligible, NYU-affiliated students, faculty, staff and administrators. Access to NYURoam, which is currently available at more than 100 locations on the NYU campus, requires NYU NetID and password authentication.
It is important to understand that NYURoam is not a substitute for NYU's wired network (NYU-NET). While NYURoam is designed to offer many of the same features as NYU-NET, there are some notable differences. Since NYURoam is purely an access network, absolutely no services of any kind (i.e., mail servers, web servers, FTP servers) are permitted to reside on the wireless infrastructure. Several operational restrictions also exist, so please refer to the Design section of this website for technical details. Also note that we post NYURoam notices and known issues on this site as they arise, as well as in our News blog.
As a general rule, NYURoam service is available to community members with an active NYU NetID and NYUHome service. This includes most administrators, faculty, staff, and students. If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact the ITS Client Services Center at 212-998-3333.
If you need help after following the setup instructions on this website (see the purple tabs above), you can register for one of ITS' free NYURoam Wireless Workshops. Visit the ITS Classes website for a workshop schedule and registration form.
Wireless Policies
Please visit the ITS Policies website to learn more about NYURoam rules and restrictions:
Validate New 'nyu' Security Certificate
If you are using the newer 'nyu' wireless network for accessing NYURoam, you will soon be presented with a dialog box asking you to validate a new server certificate. Simply accept the new certificate and log on as usual. No further action is necessary, and you will not need to validate the certificate again until 2009.
(The annual VeriSign security certificate used as part of the authentication process when accessing NYURoam via 'nyu' is set to expire on January 23 and is being replaced by a new certificate, to provide continuing security for the 'nyu' access path. For more about 'nyu' and NYURoam, see http://www.nyu.edu/its/wireless/configure/.)
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