Ohio State is updating the security used to verify our eduroam Wi-Fi network. For MITS-managed devices, no action is required—IT will re-onboard university devices for you. Requirements for other Ohio State provided devices may vary by department. To ensure your personal devices continue connecting without interruption, you will need to re-onboard your device now so it is properly configured.
Welcome back, Buckeyes! It’s a new academic year, and there are several major technology changes at Ohio State you need to know before classes start.
Ohio Stadium, home to one of the biggest, highest-performing stadium Wi-Fi networks anywhere, will now be leading the large-venue market into an AI-managed future with a Juniper Mist-powered Wi-Fi 7 upgrade that is already underway.
According to technology executives at The Ohio State University, a campus-wide strategic initiative in 2025 to move all Wi-Fi platforms to an AI-based network management system ultimately expanded to include an upgrade of the stadium’s seven-year-old Wi-Fi 6 network, which is scheduled to be completed ahead of the 2026 football season.
It’s the final countdown! Remaining buildings that still have osuwireless in place will say goodbye beginning July 14 through July 24.
The remaining schedule for osuwireless retirement is:
As OTDI continues to streamline and enhance IT services at the university, we are working to improve the university Wi-Fi experience over the next couple of years by moving to the eduroam network and device-based authentication. We will simultaneously phase out osuwireless, with a targeted retirement date of Summer 2024.