Wi-Fi (WLAN)

Wi-Fi at KIT

eduroam

KIT is participating in the eduroam (Wikipedia) initiative. When your home institution is also participating in eduroam you can connect to this Wi-Fi network with your credentials from your home institution.

vpn/web/belwue

If required you will get a Wi-Fi guest account for the vpn/web/belwue network at the registration desk (from 8:00 to 8:50 on Monday the 12th in room 1.058).

Wi-Fi in Karlsruhe

In Karlsruhe there are many possibilities to connect to Wi-Fi networks. Here is some information on these opportunities. In preparation of your arrival you can register yourself to these services.

Wi-Fi in accommodating hotels

All accommodating hotels have free Wi-Fi access included. We refer to the reception desks for details.

KA-WLAN and KA-sWLAN

These two Wi-Fi networks are managed by the city Karlsruhe in cooperation with the computer centre (called SCC) of KIT. It is possible to use their network without registration.

Freifunk

Freifunk (Wikipedia) is a non-commercial initiative for free Wi-Fi for everybody. Unfortunately, there is no english version of https://karlsruhe.freifunk.net/. But you can inform yourself on this webpage https://karlsruhe.freifunk.net/karte/ where to find Wi-Fi hotspots of this network. All these hotspots have the prefix ffka- and you should be able to connect to these without any registration data.