Free WiFi
FREE Wi-Fi - WiFi4EU
Free Wi-Fi is available in Longford Ballymahon and Drumlish – WiFi4EU
This project was funded through the EU & Department of Rural and Community Development, to promote access to Wi-Fi connectivity in public spaces in municipalities throughout Europe.
eduroam
Longford is the first county to enable eduroam WiFi in the town centres of Longford, Ballymahon and Drumlish.
eduroam is also available at Longford, Ballymahon and Granard Libraries.
eduroam is a federated service that allows roaming research and educational users to more easily obtain Internet access via the WiFi service at participating sites. When attaching to eduroam WiFi users are authenticated via their home institution. If authentication succeeds the user is granted wireless network access.
Further information on eduroam is available from the national eduroam site for Ireland, which identifies eduroam hotspots in Ireland, and from the central eduroam service website, which identifies eduroam hotspots worldwide.
The following are the details of eduroam WiFi offered in the town centres and at Longford, Ballymahon & Granard Libraries:
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION |
Wireless network name (SSID) | eduroam |
Encryption levels supported | AES |
NETWORK ACCESS INFORMATION |
Website filtering | Yes, access to some websites are blocked |
Port/Protocol restrictions | Yes (Ports allowed based on eduroam.ie policy excluding DNS) |
Transparent proxying of your traffic | No |
Network Address Translation (NAT) of wireless device address? | Yes |
IPv6 support | No |
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