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Documentation

On this page:

• Case Studies
• Service Documentation
• Technical Sheets
• Presentations - Roaming what does it mean and how can you use it?
• Presentations - Networkshop 34
• Promotional Material for JRS Participating Organisations

Case Studies

• A Case Study in Complying with the JANET Roaming Service Technical Specification (pdf) - a practical description of how University of Bristol implemented and complies with the JRS Technical Specification.

Service Documentation

• JANET Roaming Service Campus Deployment Guide - guides the deployment process of an organisation joining the JANET Roaming Service, from a 'high altitude' overview of the service down into the finer detail of application configuration.

• Overview of the JANET Roaming Service (http) - provides a high level technical overview of how the service works and what organisations and users must do in order to implement and use the service.

• JANET Roaming Policy (pdf) - outlines the minimum requirements placed upon all Roaming participants - organisations and users - to ensure that all parties can be relied upon to play their part in ensuring the service works effectively and securely. JANET Roaming relies on trust between participants for it to function properly. To maintain this trust, it is essential that all participants adhere to this policy.

• JANET Roaming Pamphlet - introduces the JRS, what is it, benefits, what is required to use and deploy, how it works, further information links.

• JRS Security Measures Factsheet (pdf) - describes the security measures designed into JRS and how organisations should make use of them to ensure the security of their visitors' computers and their own networks.

• JRS Management Briefing and Business Case (pdf) - an overview of the JANET Roaming Service for IT managers at JANET connected organisations.

• JANET Roaming Service User Guide (Word)  (pdf) - sets out information required for a visitor to a JRS-enabled site to make use of their guest network(s), both in terms of the preparations they need to make before their visit and actions required when on site. It also describes the service policies and responsibilities incumbent upon a JRS user.

• JANET Roaming Service Connection Guide (pdf) - digest version of the User Guide, concentrating on how to connect to the JANET Roaming Service.

Technical Sheets

• IEEE 802.1X - three page JANET technical sheet on 802.1X outlining how it works , descibes message exchange making use of diagrams and listing currently available supplicants together with their main features and applicability.

• Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) - three page JANET technical sheet on EAP, describing how it works, EAP types and implementation considerations.

• Inter-NREN Roaming Infrastructure & Service Support Cookbook (pdf) A comprehensive guide to eduroam technology and infrastructure and includes practical examples of RADIUS server software configuration. Produced and published by GEANT2.

This section is under development. Documents planned include a WRD Landing Page.

Presentations

Roaming - what does it really mean and how can you use it?

Trinity House London November 15 2006

All presentations below are in pdf format.

• Introduction Ian Griffiths, UCISA-NG Chair

• Implementing the JANET Roaming Service Josh Howlett, University of Bristol

• 802.1x - What is it and why do you want it? Phil Mayers, Imperial College

• 2nd Generation Wireless Justin Rowling, Cisco

• Security of JRS mobile devices, Andrew Brimson, Khipu Networks

• Case Study 1 of JRS Implementation, Martin Crook, University of Plymouth

• Case Study 2 - Implementing the roaming service as a consortium, Alan Buxey, Loughborough University

• Eduroam: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Brian Gilmore, University of Edinburgh

Got anything to say or debate following on from the above? Why not post your comment on the JISCmail JRS list?

Post to list - JANET-Roaming post to list

Join list - JANET-Roaming join list

JRS Participants technical only - JANET-Roaming-Support

JISC Federation Showcase July 2006

• Introduction to the JANET Roaming Service

Networkshop 34 April 2006

• 802.1x Workshop

• Enabling JRS at your Organisation

• Deploying 802.1X for JANET Roaming

Promotional Material for JRS Participating Organisations

Promotional material is freely available to help effectively promote JRS within participating organisations and to advertise where JRS is available within the organisation. Material is available to assist with the following:

• Assistance of organisations in general advertisement of the service at their campuses

• Advertisement of the specific locations at which JRS service is available on their networks

• Education of staff and student userbase about the benefits and usage of the service

Any problems, comments or suggestions regarding this page, please e-mail the JRS service manager jrs@ja.net