Wireless Network
Wireless network (
WIFI or
WLAN) is available in all ETH buildings and provided directly from
ITS. Authentication is always required for access.
Login
The login to use is different depending on your relation to ETH and where you want to connect to:
- <your ETH user name>@staff-net.ethz.ch if you are a staff member such as professors, assistants, post-docs and technical staff)
- <your ETH user name>@student-net.ethz.ch if you are a student
- <your ETH user name>@guest-net.ethz.ch if you are a guest
Use your Radius password (
network password, WIFI/VPN password), which you can set on
password.ethz.ch
SSIDs
The following SSIDs are available:
SSID |
Band |
Encryption |
Authentication |
public |
2.4GHz |
- |
Landing page or VPN, login as described above and network password |
public-5 |
5GHz |
- |
Landing page or VPN, login as described above and network password |
eth |
2.4GHz |
EAP |
Direct, login as described above and network password |
eth-5 |
5GHz |
EAP |
Direct, login as described above and network password |
eduroam |
2.4GHz |
EAP |
Direct, login as described above and network password |
eduroam-5 |
5GHz |
EAP |
Direct, login as described above and network password |
eth-iot |
2.4GHz and 5GHz |
WPA2 |
Shared key, obtained from isginf |
DHCP is used for all wireless networks to configure the IP settings.
5GHz
or 2.4GHz
For devices that support the
5GHz
bands the
…-5 SSIDs are the preferred choice because of the higher throughput and reliability.
eduroam-5
and eduroam
The eduroam-5
and eduroam
SSIDs are the recommended SSIDs. eduroam allows you to get WIFI access at a variety of places, for instance the
University of Zurich.

Please note that
eduroam-5
is faster but only works at ETH. If you are regularly visiting other places participating in
eduroam then please use
eduroam
.
Guests from other universities from all over the world can use the SSID
eduroam
with their own credentials. Check
here to see which other organizations are using Eduroam. In this case no ETH specific guest account would be needed for simple Internet access only.
eth-5
and eth
The
eth-5
and
eth
SSIDs can alternatively be used if devices have problems with
eduroam-5
and
eduroam
, e.g. in offices in range of USZ buildings who also have these SSIDs.
public-5
and public
The
public-5
and
public
SSIDs are for guests who want to connect to the Internet. Access to the ETH network is restricted.
Students and and staff of ETH can also connect to these SSIDs and instead of logging in use
VPN to get full network access.

We do not recommend the use of public-5
or public
without VPN because the communication is not encrypted.
Configuration
ITS has a
comprehensive set of guides for configuring WIFI on the popular operating systems.
Hotspots in Switzerland
The public WIFI (PWLAN) hot spots of the following internet providers can be used to gain access to the internet.
To use the service connect to the respective SSID and start the ETH
VPN.
Links