Wi-Fi and VPN configuration

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 ETH staff members (incl. PhD-Students).
• The username to be used is: <your-eth-username>@staff-net.ethz.ch.
• The Wi-Fi SSIDs to be used are eduroam, eth or eth-5.
• We recommend to use eduroam on mobile devices.
• You have to use the Wi-Fi/VPN password and not the LDAP or Active Directory (AD) password.

Settings

In most cases, the following three entries are sufficient:

SSID:                   eduroam
Username:               <your-eth-username>@staff-net.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 you authenticator app>

MacOS VPN configuration

Linux VPN configuration

The following documentation should help you to setup a VPN connection on Linux with openconnect.

1. Click on the top right corner to get into the settings menu:

2. Go to the “Network” settings:

3. At the VPN section hit the + Button to add a new VPN connection

4. Choose the openconnect client for the new VPN connection

5. Add the gateway sslvpn.ethz.ch/math-guest

6. After you saved with the “Add” button you are ready to use the new VPN connection

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.

• You’ll find further information on our ISG D-MATH Blog about working with computers at the D-MATH.
• Detailed information about the services provided by IT Services of ETH Zurich can be found on the following webpage: IT Service catalogue

Posted on 16-Apr-2025 by ISG D-MATH
in VPN and WiFi