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Operating Systems Supported

Click on the wireless service you want to use:

• ANU-Access
• ANU-Secure
• EduRoam
• ResNet (Halls & Colleges)

All common operating systems that have a web browser

Click on the links to go straight to the connection guide for that OS.

OS Support Tables

Apple

OS	Version	Release/Package	Architecture	Supported	Works?	Need Supplicant?
Macintosh	OSX	Snow Leopard (10.6)	-	unknown	untested	unknown
Macintosh	OSX	Leopard (10.5)	64-bit	yes	yes	built-in
Macintosh	OSX	Leopard (10.5)	32-bit	yes	yes	built-in
Macintosh	OSX	Tiger (10.4)	Intel	no	yes	built-in
Macintosh	OSX	Tiger (10.4)	non-Intel	no	no	built-in
iPhone	3.x	-	-	yes	yes	built-in
iPhone	2.x	-	-	yes	yes	built-in

Windows

OS	Version	Release/Package	Architecture	Supported	Works?	Need Supplicant?
Windows	7	Any	32/64-bit	yes	yes	yes
Windows	Vista	Any	32/64-bit	yes	yes	yes
Windows	XP	Service Pack 3	32/64-bit	yes	yes	yes
Windows	XP	Service Pack 1 or 2	32/64-bit	no	no	yes
Windows	pre-XP	Any	32/64-bit	no	no	yes

Unix

OS	Version	Connection Manager	Architecture	Supported	Works?	Need Supplicant?
Ubuntu Linux	Jaunty Jackalope (9.04)	wicd	x86/x86_64	no	yes	yes
Ubuntu Linux	Jaunty Jackalope (9.04)	gnome network manager	x86/x86_64	no	no	yes

This section describes the eduroam service for ANU Staff and Students. Visitors to ANU should refer to the eduroam connection guides for their home institution.

EduRoam uses authentication and encryption technology identical to ANU-Secure. Please refer to the ANU-Secure OS Support table.

All common operating systems supporting WEP or WPA1 depending upon which encryption scheme your hall or college uses.