Below you find the recommended configuration for Wi-Fi (WiFi / Wireless / WLAN) and VPN (Virtual Private Network) for members of the D-MATH.

Wi-Fi

General information

  • The following settings are valid for all members of D-MATH (incl. PhD-Students).
  • The username to be used is: < your-eth-username>@math-guest.ethz.ch.
  • The Wi-Fi SSIDs to be used are eduroam , eth or eth-5.
  • You have to use the Wi-Fi/VPN password and not the LDAP or Active Directory (AD) password.

IMPORTANT: if you are not in the main building (HG) you may also need to start the VPN (see below) to access some D-MATH resources.

Settings

In most cases, the following three entries are sufficient:

SSID:                   eth
Username:               <your-eth-username>@math-guest.ethz.ch
Password:               <your Wi-Fi/VPN password>

On some devices you may also need these settings

Security:               wpa-eap (WPA & WPA2 Enterprise)
Authentication:         PEAP (Protected EAP)
CA Certificate:         No CA certificate is required
Inner Authentication:   MSCHAPv2

Eduroam installation wizard

You can download an eduroam wizard for the most popular devices: https://www.eduroam.org/about/connect-yourself

VPN for D-MATH users

General information

  • The following settings are valid for all users that have a valid D-MATH account (actually all members of D-MATH and some more).
  • We prefer the use of the Cisco Anyconnect Client which can be installed via the standard App Store on your device or via https://sslvpn.ethz.ch.
  • On Linux we suggest to use the openconnect client (NetworkManager-openconnect).

Settings

In most cases, the following entries are sufficient:

VPN Host:               sslvpn.ethz.ch/math-guest
Username:               <your-eth-username>@math-guest.ethz.ch
Password:               <your Wi-Fi/VPN password>
Password:               <code from your authenticator app>

MacOS VPN configuration

Further information

Please note: The variants student-net , staff-net and “unit-net” for business equipment are mentioned in the documentation of our central IT services. Only the variant staff-net is important for us unless you are informed separately by us.