Free Wi-Fi in the ÖBB railjet
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While travelling in Austria, access our ÖBB Wi-Fi in the ÖBB railjet, to ensure you stay online even while your are on the road. Surfing the Internet or staying in touch with friends, acquaintances and colleagues during your journey just became a lot easier.
The first Wi-Fi trains will be operated on the Western route by the end of 2011. By the end of 2012, all railjets will be equipped with Wi-Fi, including those in operation on the Southern route. Once a railjet has been equipped with Wi-Fi, it will be marked with the Wi-Fi logo, which is placed directly at the entrance door. The Wi-Fi service will be available on the entire Austrian route network (Western and Southern routes).
The availability of the Wi-Fi service, of course, also depends on the mobile service operators’ network coverage. In certain areas there may, therefore, be restrictions.
What you need
In order to go online via the ÖBB railjet's Wi-Fi service, you need a device (e.g. notebook, smart phone or tablet PC) with Wi-Fi capabilities. The ÖBB railjet's free Wi-Fi service is only available within Austria.
Quick and easy: here's how it works
Get onboard the ÖBB railjet. Start your device. Please ensure that your Wi-Fi device and your software are configured correctly.
- Choose the network with the name or SSID of "OEBB"
- Open your Internet browser, and after entering any URL you will automatically be redirected to ÖBB railjet’s Wi-Fi homepage
- After accepting the terms of use in the ÖBB railjet, you can surf the Internet for free
Required Wi-Fi settings
On your device, the option to obtain a dynamic IP address must be activated.
For this, you need to make the following settings. For most end devices, these are the default settings:
- Channel selection =automatic
- Network name (= SSID) = "OEBB"
- DHCP (obtain IP address automatically) = activated
- Encryption = deactivated
For customers who also use their end device for business purposes
Please ensure that any automatic configuration, as well as any proxy server is not activated in your Internet browser. You may need to access ÖBB’s homepage. You will find this at: http://www.oebb.at
Quality of ÖBB’s Wi-Fi service
UMTS antennas on the ÖBB railjet receive and bundle the data signals from mobile service providers. This allows ÖBB railjet to provide you with a wireless Internet connection. The availability and quality of the Internet service on the ÖBB railjet depends mainly on the coverage of the mobile service network along the tracks of the route. We therefore ask for your comprehension that in areas with little mobile service infrastructure, the availability of the Internet service cannot be guaranteed.
Fair use principle
The ÖBB Wi-Fi service on the ÖBB railjet is operated under the fair use principle. This means that the available bandwidth provided by the mobile service providers is distributed equally and fairly among all users. Data-intensive services such as video streaming, online gaming, etc. may therefore be restricted.
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