ETH Homepage

Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN)

Posted on | By Margreth Stammbach

With your managed Windows or Apple computer Wi-Fi is connected automatically to SSID ETH/ETH5.

How to connect manually to the Wifi

The ETH works with the SSIDs eduroam/eduroam-5 for students, eth/eth5 for employees and public/public5 for guest users.
(SSID = Service Set Identifier – public name of a wireless network).

Loging Account:

Realm Network name Login name Network access
for students  eduroam <username>@student-net.ethz.ch Internet access
for employees and longterm guests eduroam
eth/eth5		 <username>@staff-net.ethz.ch Internet access
for  guests eth-visitors
  • without authentication
  • http and https protocols available at ETH without authentication
  • Internet access via VPN or landing page, both requiring authentication via Landing page

If you are not sure to which realm you belong, you can check it here https://realms.ethz.ch/

Password: The network password which is also used for VPN connection

If you have questions or problems, contact us.

Further instructions

Category: Network | Tag: