AARNet has operated eduroam in Australia for the research and education sector since December 2004, and has the following roles in eduroam globally:
- National Roaming Operator (NRO) for Australia (eduroam AU)
- Joint Regional Roaming Operator for APAN
- Member of the Global eduroam Governance Committee.
National Roaming Operator
As the NRO for Australia, AARNet is responsible for:
- Signing the eduroam Compliance Statement
- Creating the eduroam AU National Policy, as a means of complying with the eduroam Compliance Statement to be responsible for eduroam AU institutional participants
- Hosting eduroam AU National RADIUS Servers (dual redundant)
- Providing the eduroam AU website to inform institutional management, technical and admin readers, and both eduroam AU and other country eduroam end-users
- Defining and enacting the eduroam AU onboarding process to enable eligible Australian institutions to join and participate in eduroam AU
- Operating the eduroam AdminTool, which is used by institutions to maintain an up-to-date record of their deployment information, and provide a data feed to the eduroam Global Database
- Provide means for institutions to access the eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool
- Developing and hosting value-added services to enhance the value of eduroam participation to customers
- Engaging with customers to share security advisories and other information regarding the eduroam service.
Joint Regional Roaming Operator for the APAN Region
AARNet collaborates with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to host the APAN Regional RADIUS Services, RRSs (APAN Top-Level RADIUS Servers, TLRSs).
AARNet is responsible for configuring APAN NRSs into the APAN RRSs so eduroam authentication requests are routed correctly from the APAN region to/from other regions.
Member of the Global eduroam Governance Committee
AARNet has a member in the Global eduroam Governance Committee, and has played a key role in extending eduroam in the Asia Pacific.