Automatic configuration

The University provides the Eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool (CAT) for automatic configuration of mobile devices.
To download the CAT:

  • connect to cat.eduroam.org on the unimi-wifi network;
  • click on Eduroam user to download the installation software;
  • choose Università degli Studi di Milano as your organisation:
  • once the CAT is installed, enter your full University credentials, with the domain name @unimi.it, @studenti.unimi.it or @wifi.unimi.it.

If your device does not provide an automatic configuration script, you will have to set the parameters shown in the Wifi FAQs section

E-mail configuration on a wifi network

The Eduroam network provides secure access through user credentials and a digital server certificate, with AES encryption. For security reasons, please enable IMAPs, SMTPs and POPs encryption when configuring your e-mail client.

Available network services

Users who successfully authenticate to the Eduroam service will get a public IP address. Eduroam policies vary depending on the user category.
Please find below the ports and protocols for all users:

  • HTTP: TCP/80 outgoing.
  • HTTPS: TCP/443 outgoing.
  • IMAP4: TCP/143 outgoing.
  • IMAP3: TCP/220 outgoing.
  • IMAPS: TCP/993 outgoing.
  • POP3: TCP/110 outgoing.
  • POP3S: TCP/995 outgoing.
  • Passive (S)FTP: TCP/21 outgoing.
  • SMTPS: TCP/465 outgoing.
  • SMTP submission via STARTTLS: TCP/587 outgoing.
  • RDP: TCP/3389 outgoing.
  • SSH: TCP/22 outgoing.
  • IPSec VPN standards: IP 50 (ESP) and 51 (AH) incoming and outgoing protocols; UDP/500 (IKE) outgoing.
  • OpenVPN 2.0:UDP/1194.
  • IPv6 Tunnel Broker service: IP 41 incoming and outgoing protocol.
  • IPsec NAT-Traversal: UDP/4500.
  • Cisco IPSec VPN over TCP: TCP/10000 outgoing.
  • PPTP VPN: IP 47 (GRE) incoming and outgoing protocol; TCP/1723 outgoing.