Eduroam in portsmouth's wireless city

1. eduroam in Portsmouth’s
wireless city
James Holland
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2. Agenda
» Wireless @ University of Portsmouth
» University and City Council
» The Bid
» Technical
» Usage
» The Future
» Questions
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. The Bid – PCC Objectives
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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
qualityWi-Fi ‘Hot Spots’
PCC –
Great benefits for
residents, visitors and
businesses

9. The Bid – UoP Objectives
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10. Why Bother?
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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 Students
Engagement 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

11. »UniversityTechnical College
opening in Sept 2017 will
have eduroam
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12. Technical
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13. Acheievements….so far!
» eduroam and free public access wifi available at over 70 locations across the city
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14. PCC eduroam usage
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15. 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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16. Questions
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17. jisc.ac.uk
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James Holland
Network & Security Services Manager
University of Portsmouth
James.holland@port.ac.uk