Introduction: The Eduroam services has been enabled for IIT Mandi. For those who are not aware of Eduroam, below is the description of Eduroam.
Eduroam is a global service that enables faculty, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop or activating their smartphone or other portable device through wifi.
With eduroam, you can get Internet access not only via your institution’s wireless network, but also when visiting other participating universities, colleges, research centres and libraries. This facility would enable users visiting other eduroam enabled institutions globally to get authenticated and connected to the visiting institutions network using their home institution ID and password and use it for free Internet access.
More details are available on eduroam wiki: https:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduroam
The following campuses are eduroam enabled in India.
http:eduroam.ernet.in/indian-footprint
While visiting these institutes, one can directly connect to the wifi (SSID eduroam) using IIT Mandi LDAP credentials as below and can get access to the Internet without even asking the IT cell of visiting institute.
Username:(LDAP ID)@iitmandi.ac.in **Plz add '@iitmandi.ac.in' with your (LDAP ID) to complete the username Password: (LDAP) Password