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How to Join

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Joining Procedure

Introduction

Organisations considering joining JANET Roaming are recommended to familiarise themselves with the technical requirements overview presented in How JRS Works and to read and accept the usage policy at JANET Roaming Policy (pdf). The full technical specification for the service can be found at: JANET Roaming Tech Spec.

Further information, advice and guidance is freely available for interested parties. Please e-mail or telephone your enquiry to JANET Customer Services (JCS) e-mail:

service@ja.net stating your interest in JANET Roaming.

Eligibility

JANET Roaming is open to any JANET organisation wishing to formally apply to join. The form below should be copy and pasted into an e-mail to JANET Customer Services with completed details. In applying to join JRS, applicants place themselves under no time commitment to complete the necessary set up.

Conditions of Use

Use of the JANET Roaming service is subject to the JANET Acceptable Use Policy the JANET Security Policy and the JANET Roaming Policy.

In submitting an application to join JANET Roaming, organisations agree that they will bide by the terms of the JANET Roaming Policy and adhere to the JANET Roaming Technical Specification in implementing, as applicable, remote authentication services and proxies and guest networks for JANET Roaming users.

It will be deemed that in submitting the application, applicants:

  • have sufficient authority within the organisation to submit the application
  • declare that the organisation is entitled to use the DNS name requested for use as the user realm name

By applying to join JANET Roaming, organisations accept that they indemnify JANET(UK), their agents and subcontractors against any and all liability for any claims arising from their use of the service.

Application Form

Due to the significant investment in effort required from the joining organisation to set up and to effectively promote JRS to the organisation's user base - to ensure wide take-up, applications can only be accepted from the customer network management contact registered with JSD.

Application to Join JANET Roaming

Organisation's full name:

 

Address:

 

Your name:

 

Your position:

 

e-mail address:

 

Telephone number:

 
User database (eg. LDAP, AD, NDS):  

Is a RADIUS server already deployed at organisation?

 
If RADIUS depolyed, what software and version?  
Realm name requested*:  
Intended JRS Service Tier (1,2,3):  
Acceptance of JRS Conditions of Use:  

PDF version of application form Adobe Acrobat logo

* As per the JRS Technical Specification, the realm must be (or be derived from) a DNS name from the organisation’s registered DNS namespace. It is expected that most organisations will request their domain name (eg."exampleuniversity.ac.uk") although it is perfectly acceptable to request a sub-domain name (eg."staff.exampleuniversity.ac.uk").

** If you do not know which JRS Tier to implement, you can reply – ‘request advice’

What happens next

Your application will be acknowledged and a after validity check, a JRS technical consultant will contact you to discuss your requirement in detail. Following acceptance onto the scheme a welcome information pack will be sent to you.

To underpin the service and to support organisations joining and participating in the scheme, a comprehensive, fully resourced support structure has been put in place which provides:

  • Pre-deployment support – planning and selection of RADIUS server hardware and software and supplicant systems
  • Technical support during implementation
  • Post-implementation support on technical issues
  • Dedicated JRS-support web site for participants only
  • Dedicated e-mailing list for technical and service announcements
  • A chargeable consultancy service
  • Comprehensive technical and promotional documentation
  • JANET Roaming availability map showing where and how JRS can be used

Promotional material is available to help effectively promote JRS within the organisation 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