Since the fall of 2008, there have been two There are three wireless networks on campus. One network, called '''VT-Wireless''', encrypts all traffic and is secured with [[EAP-TLS ]] or PEAP-MSCHAPv2. The other A second network, called [[VT_WLAN]] was an unencrypted network captive portal using PID authentication. In July, 2013 VT_WLAN was superseded by CONNECTtoVT-Wireless, an unencrypted, captive portal wireless network designed to set up connecting to VT-Wireless without offering Internet access. Due to user issues faced during deployment, CONNECTtoVT-Wireless began offering captive portal access to VT users. In January 2015, '''eduroam''' access was enabled, allowing members of any eduroam-affiliated institution to use wifi at any other institution. Connections to VT-Wireless and eduroam are secure by default, and has one of two different methods to connect.

As of January 2015 the [https://www.computing.vt.edu/content/eduroam preferred method] of wireless access at Virginia Tech is through the [https://eduroam.org/ Eduroam] network. Eduroam is a secure wireless access service that was developed for the use of research and educational institutions. One of the advantages of the Eduroam network over the VT-Wireless network is that you will be able to connect to the Internet at any participating institution using your Virginia Tech credentials. The Eduroam-US site provides a [https://eduroam.us/technical_overview technical overview] of how the network authenticates you to the Virginia Tech RADIUS servers. <!-- '''PEAP-MSCHAPv2''' is a wireless authentication scheme used by Virginia Tech as an alternative to [[EAP-TLS]] for connections to [[VT-Wireless]]. -->