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Wi-Fi at CERGE-EI


You can view or download brief Wi-Fi connection guide (libairfree, residents).


There are four wireless networks at CERGE-EI. Their purpose is more or less complementary:

SSIDMeant forAllow acces toHow to gain access
eduroam academic comunityinternetget eduroam account from the respective academic institution
residents users affiliated with CERGE-EIinternet and printingregister at wifi.cerge-ei.cz with the official email and get password
libairfree 3rd party / non academic guestsinternet1 enter username / password2 at captive portal after connection is made
cerge-ei institutional computers onlyinternet and internalmust have institutional computer

Wi-Fi 'libairfree'

The Wi-Fi network LIBAIRFREE serves for Internet access via simple web authentication and is intended mainly for guests not affiliated with the academic comunity.

Allowed traffic is limited to secure email services, VPN connections and common HTTP, HTTPS based services.

You can use the Wi-Fi Registration microsite to obtain your own residential account for secure 'residents' Wi-Fi (the address is https://wifi.cerge-ei.cz).

Wi-Fi 'eduroam'

This network provides a secure wifi connection for users from academic comunity (WPA2-Enterprise / 802.1X authentication)

Allowed traffic is limited to secure email services, VPN connections and common HTTP, HTTPS based services.

Wi-Fi 'residents'

This network provides a secure connection for individual users affiliated with CERGE-EI (WPA2-Enterprise / 802.1X authentication)

Important: registration site is accessible ONLY from CERGE-EI on-premises networks (LAN, Wi-Fi)

If you are eligible to access the network, your password is generated along with the certain grace period of usage.

Pay attention to special settings in Windows (see bellow in General Info and Guides).

Wi-Fi 'cerge-ei'

The Wi-Fi network 'cerge-ei' is restricted for back-office internal purposes only.

Only institutional computers are allowed to connect to this network.

General Info and Guides