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01/05/2023
eduroam in Portsmouth's wireless city
eduroam in Portsmouth’s wireless city
James Holland
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eduroam in Portsmouth's wireless city
Agenda
»Wireless @ University of Portsmouth»University and City Council»The Bid»Technical»Usage»The Future»Questions
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eduroam in Portsmouth's wireless city
Wireless @ University of Portsmouth
Late 1990’s»Deployed a few ‘fat’ access points in the Library for use with
University devices»MAC address authentication
Early 2000’s»Deployed first wireless controllers with ‘thin’ access points in the
Library»Authentication using Steel-Belted RADIUS and Odyssey Clients»Hot spots created as funding was made available by
departments
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Wireless @ University of Portsmouth
Mid 2000’s»Funding for hot spots to be created in ‘student facing areas’»FreeRADIUS replaces Steel-Belted RADIUS
2008»eduroam was added alongside existing Student and Staff SSIDs»240 APs - hot spot coverage only»Peak concurrent connections circa 400
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Wireless @ University of Portsmouth
2010 - Present»Wireless no longer a ‘nice to have’ »Project initiated to provide pervasive wireless coverage across
campus and halls of residence › 60+ buildings› External coverage in some areas
»Consolidated to single eduroam SSID »>1600 APs»Peak concurrent connections >10,000»We see approx. 55,000 unique devices per week
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University (UoP) & Council (PCC)
»Previously had worked together but quite limited
»e.g. CCTV and Big Screen (Olympics Legacy)
»2012 PCC invited UoP to support a bid following Funding Call from DCMS
»Also invited NHS and MoD who didn't get involved
»PCC led the bid with support of UoP
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University (UoP) & Council (PCC)
»Funding £3.5m from PCC and UoP
»Largely money already earmarked to be spent
»DCMS granted c £4.6m under 'Super Connected Cities' Programme
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The Bid – PCC Objectives
PCC – Improved internet access to cover
NGA White Areas
PCC – Encourage use of ultra-fast internet
for SMEs to stimulate economic
growth
PCC -Provide free good quality Wi-Fi ‘Hot
Spots’
PCC – Great benefits for residents, visitors and businesses
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The Bid – UoP Objectives
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Why Bother?UoP is a 'city
centre' rather than campus based
University. Most students in private digs spread over
the city
Extend coverage and access for UoP
StudentsEngagement across
the city
Low levels of academic
progression to HE from Portsmouth
schools
Create a greater connection
between schools, FEs and the
community with the University
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»University Technical College opening in Sept 2017 will have eduroam
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Technical
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Acheievements….so far!
» eduroam and free public access wifi available at over 70 locations across the city
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PCC eduroam usage
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The Future
»Council public wifi into some UoP buildings
»Work with the council and JISC on ‘public sector roaming’
» Future of the service beyond the lifecycle of equipment funded by bid unsure….
»Future free wifi likely to be funded by commercialisation of data….Big Data
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Questions
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jisc.ac.uk
James Holland
Network & Security Services ManagerUniversity of [email protected]