Get your wireless devices online quickly and securely with eduroam at Mount Holyoke College! Unlike other WiFi networks, which appear in only a single location, eduroam is available at Mount Holyoke, all of the Five Colleges, hundreds of US higher education institutions and around the world.
All current students, faculty and staff have access to eduroam by following the initial setup instructions below.
Guests who are affiliated with a home institution which uses eduroam should be able to seamlessly connect to eduroam here as well. Other guests visiting campus may use the MHC-Public WiFi network to connect to the internet.
Guests are required to register their email address on MHC-Public.
Or, are you looking to connect to the MHC network from off-campus?
Simply connect your computer or mobile device to eduroam at least once while on campus at Mount Holyoke, and you can then connect to eduroam at hundreds of supported locations around the world.*
* If you are using a circulating laptop and wish to connect your borrowed device to eduroam on another campus, please note that you must connect your borrowed device to eduroam at MHC at least once every time you plan to leave campus.
To connect to eduroam from any Windows or Mac computer or any iPhone, iPad or Android computer or mobile device:
- While on campus, select eduroam from the list of available WiFi networks on your device.
- When prompted to enter a username and password, enter your full Mount Holyoke email address as your username (e.g., jdoe@mtholyoke.edu).
- Enter your MHC account password.
- You should now be connected to eduroam!
If you have any trouble with the above steps:
- On your Mac computer, if you are prompted for a password to accept a certificate or install software, enter the password you use to log in to your Mac. If you are borrowing a Mac laptop from LITS and are prompted for a password to accept a certificate or install software, click Cancel. LITS circulating Mac laptops are configured to log you in to a Guest account upon start up, and the password will be automatically applied. Further instructions on connecting to eduroam on circulating laptops may be found below.
- Visitors from other campuses should enter your full email address (e.g., jdoe@smith.edu) in the username prompt.
- If you have recently updated your password, you will be prompted to re-enter your username and password the next time you connect to eduroam. Enter your new password to connect.
- If you are unable to connect to eduroam using these steps on a PC or Mac laptop, try using the alternative setup, below.
To connect to eduroam using a Chromebook, jump to the instructions under Manual Settings.
When the standard method of connecting to eduroam does not work, try this.
- Connect to a wireless network and complete the following steps. (If you're on campus, you can connect to LyonNet-Encrypt. If you're trying to use eduroam on a different campus, we recommend using the MHC VPN.)
- Open a browser and go to www.mtholyoke.edu/go/quickconnect.
- Select Start.
- Select MHC eduroam.
- Select MHC eduroam profile.
- A file named ArubaQuickConnect.exe (on PCs) or MHC eduroam.mobileconfig (on Macs) will download to your computer.
- Once the download is complete, open the file.
- If you see a security prompt that asks if you're sure you'd like to install the profile or "MHC eduroam", select Yes or OK or Continue to allow the process to continue.
- When prompted, enter your full MHC email address and password.
- If prompted to install a security certificate, select Yes.
- When the configuration process is complete, you may be presented with an option to Connect. Please do so.
- Select eduroam from the list of available wireless networks.
- If prompted for your eduroam username and password, enter your full email address (e.g., jdoe@mtholyoke.edu) and your password.
- If asked whether this is a Home or Public network, choose Public.
Below, you will find instructions for connecting to eduroam on Mac, PC, and Chromebook circulating laptops. To learn more about circulating laptops and other devices available to borrow, visit Laptops, cameras, cables. If you need any assistance connecting to eduroam on a borrowed device, please contact the Technology Help Desk.
On a Mac:
You choose the eduroam network, enter your credentials, and click Join.
- Open your Wifi Settings and choose the eduroam network.
- Enter your credentials and select Join.
3. Next, you will see a popup window asking if you would like to examine the server certificate. Choose Continue.
4. Last, you will see a popup window asking you for additional credentials. Choose Cancel (twice, if necessary).
You are now connected to eduroam!
On PC:
- Open your Wifi Settings and choose the eduroam network.
- Enter your credentials and select OK.
3. You will see a popup window asking you if you want to continue connecting. Select Connect.
You are now connected to eduroam!
On ChromeBook:
- Open your Wifi Settings and choose the eduroam network.
- Change the default EAP method to PEAP.
- Enter your credentials under Identity and Password, and select Connect.
You are now connected to eduroam!
MHC-Public is an alternative WiFi network on campus for guests to connect to the internet. This WiFi also can accommodate devices that don’t have a web browser or can’t use the 802.1x protocol required by eduroam.
- Choose MHC-Public from the list of available WiFi networks.
- Enter your email address. A WiFi confirmation and password will be sent by email. You will need to check your email from a cellular device or another computer.
First, try the general instructions to connect to eduroam.
- Open your device’s wireless settings and look for the eduroam WiFi network.
- Select the eduroam network.
- Depending on your device, you may see a log-in prompt, a configuration screen, or both.
Here are the settings you should use, where requested, you may not be prompted for all of these settings:
- Username: Full MHC email address — jdoe@mtholyoke.edu
- Password: Your MHC password
- Domain: mtholyoke.edu
- Anonymous identity: anonymous@mtholyoke.edu
- Security or Authentication: WPA2 Enterprise
- Data Encryption: AES
- EAP type or method: PEAP or EAP/PEAP
- Phase 2 authentication or Inner Encryption: MSCHAPv2
- CA Certificate: NONE or Do Not Validate
- Identity: Full MHC email address — jdoe@mtholyoke.edu
In order to connect a wireless device that does not have a browser (e.g. tv, Roku, printer, etc.) to the campus WiFi, you need to register the device via the MHC-Public network.
Please visit MHC device registration to complete the process. You will need your MHC username and the Network (MAC) address of your device (what's a MAC address?). The Network address can be found in different locations, depending on the device:
- It will usually show up during the registration process
- Sometimes it is printed on the box the device came in
- Sometimes you can view or print a configuration page
- You can google the device, e.g. "where to find Canon printer 5644 MAC address”
After you have registered your device, you will need to power cycle (un-plug, and plug-in) to have it connect on MHC-Public.
If you have difficulty, please reach out to the Technology Help Desk. We're happy to help!