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There are several ways how to connect your devices to the internet. The most frequent one is of course the wireless connection (WiFi), but you can also get connected to the internet using the fixed network (LAN). Secured internet connection system is implemented within the project Eduroam.

Palacký University students and employees have the option to connect to the internet using their UP login details at a vast number of universities and other institutions, which are part of Eduroam project. You can find more information regarding Eduroam at Eduroam webpage.

You need to have appropriate technical equipment and login details (name and password) in order to connect yourself successfully to the internet.

Fixed Connection (LAN)

• freely accessible sockets at Central Library "Zbrojnice" and at student's dormitory

Wireless Connection (WiFi)

• you can connect to WiFi in most of university buildings, network name is eduroam (or eduroama, eduroamg)

What should I do before I connect to WiFi at UP?

Learn the rules

You should learn the rules for using university's computer network: Rector's directive (Czech only). By using VPN or WiFi you become a part of university network. You should not do anything that might cause harm to your or even other student's devices.

Have a secured device

First, you must have an antivirus program installed on your computer (Avast!, AVG, etc.). Insufficiently secured device can endanger not only your own data, but also devices of other users. You can get more information at Network and antivirus security

Check your login information

You need to set up login and a password in order to access wireless internet network eduroam. Your login name is your Portal ID login to Portal UP, which should be in following form: PortalID@upol.cz. Notice: This is not your e-mail address.

• students can find their Portal ID in Contacts
• employees should contact their Computer network administrator
• guests:
  • Guests from institutions using eduroam can use their own login details. However, they need to set up the connection according to the UP manual.
  • Guests from institutions not using eduroam will use "upol-guest" network. Password to this network changes constantly, please contact Computer network administrator from faculty from which you want to be connected to the internet.

Students and employees create their own password to eduroam wireless network at Portal UP. After log in click on the link Edit my profile, where you can set up password for WiFi, LAN and VPN.

Information how to connect your computers and laptops at dormitory are at http://kolejnet.upol.cz/

WiFi connection manuals

We have prepared a couple of easy manuals for you which will help you set up your device in order to get connected to the internet.

Windows manuals

• manual to access wireless network eduroam for MS Windows 7
• manual to access wireless network eduroam for MS Windows 8
• manual to access wireless network eduroam for MS Windows 10

Mac OS X manual

• manual to access wireless network eduroam for Mac OS X

Manual for mobile devices (smartphones, tablets)

• manual to access wireless network eduroam for Android
• manual to access wireless network eduroam for iOS 9
• manual to access wireless network eduroam for Windows Phone 8.1

Access to the UP network via VPN

You can usually access the UP network only from Palacký University premises. However, if you´re on the road or you prefer studying at home, then you have the perfect opportunity to access the university network from anywhere in the world by VPN (Virtual Private Network). VPN allows us to access any database or informational system, which are for security and licence reasons available only from university premises. However, you can use them wherever you are as if you were somewhere at the university.

What can VPN be used for?

• access to the electronic information resources prepaid by UP
• running a client in SAP or STAG
• access to university e-mail using a mail client access to *the MS network (possibility of using a shared printer, network drives…)
• protected, encrypted access to resources in our network

VPN connection manuals

• manual for VPN connection for Windows 7
• manual for VPN connection for Windows 8
• manual for VPN connection for Windows 10
• manual for VPN connection for Mac OS X

How does VPN work?

Your computer establishes a connection with the university VPN server, which verifies your credentials. A special kind of so-called tunnel connection is then established between your computer and the server. In this connection all the data that are browsed are encrypted and therefore protected against eavesdropping during transmission. Our server decrypts incoming data and passes them on. Secure data transmission is one of the indisputable advantages of VPN. During the VPN connection, your computer uses an IP address which is assigned from our address space. From the outside, it looks as if your computer is directly connected to our network.

Assigned IP addresses

The UP computer network uses the address space from 158.194.0.0 to 158.194.255.255 (Class B address). If you connect through VPN, your computer gets an IP address which will begin with the digits 158.194. x.x.