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• Secure & Encrypted Wireless • Access to the Internet and On-Campus Resources • Unlimited GB per day

For detailed information about this network, please visit out our eduroam KB article.

What is eduroam?

eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. eduroam allows students, researchers, faculty and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campuses and when visiting other participating institutions. In other words, if you visit another participating campus, you would connect to the eduroam wireless network there and enter your UCCS username and password as your credentials in order to gain wireless internet access at that location.

Who can use the eduroam wireless network?

Anyone from a participating institution or anyone with a UCCS username and password. This facilitates productivity for visiting faculty, students, and employees while away from home, without any additional configuration to their computers or mobile devices.

• Unsecure & Unencrypted Wireless (secure option available) • Internet access only • No Access to On-Campus Resources • 1 GB data limit per day

UCCS-Guest is an open (unsecure) network which does not require any username or password to join - similar to your experience at a place such as a coffee shop. This network does not provide full access - it offers basic web/internet access (for general web browsing), but no access to on-campus resources such as network drives. Should you need access to on-campus resources such as shared network drives, you will need to utilize the UCCS-Wireless network.

If you would like to use our secure and encrypted wireless network, you can as a guest! See the "Create Guest Account" section below for instructions.

Once you connect to the UCCS-Guest network, launch a web browser and you will be prompted with a Captive Portal were you can choose from several options. The options available are outlined below...

Single-click Access

This option is an easy way to quickly get basic internet access for a single day. The Single Click Access is designed for temporary, day-visitors to campus. Some ports are blocked for security reasons and data usage is capped. When you choose this option, you stay on the UCCS-Guest network, and no username or password is needed. This option provides basic internet access.

Create Guest Account

You can use this option to request a temporary username and password from OIT that can then be used to join the UCCS-Wireless network. These temporary accounts are active for a week from the point in time they are created, and can be used to log in to the UCCS-Wireless network (which is secure) in order to gain Internet access and access to on-campus resources. The username and password for these temporary accounts can be delivered to the guest either by email, or through a text message to their phone.  Additionally, guests accounts can be obtained by visiting the Office of Information Technology Service Desk. For hours and location see the Get Help page.

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Eduroam

If you are from an eduroam participating institute, you can connect to the eduroam wireless network rather than the UCCS-Guest network.

• Secure & Encrypted Wireless • Access to the Internet and On-Campus Resources • Unlimited GB per day

UCCS-Wireless is the full-access secure network. This network uses WPA2 Enterprise encryption to ensure security. This network provides full access to the Internet. This network requires a username and password to join.

As of January 2023, UCCS-Wireless is deprecated. All users are suggested to use the eduroam network instead.

At the time that you connect to this wireless network, you should be prompted for a username and password. If you are a student, staff, or faculty member, this will be the same username and password that you use for everything else on campus such as accessing email or lab computers.

If you are a guest you can visit this site to request a temporary username and password that you can use to connect to this network. You can also find more detailed steps & instructions here for requesting a guest account. You can also request a guest username and password by calling or visiting the OIT Service Desk. Also note that the first time you connect to this network, you will be asked to trust our server's security certificate. For more information visit Information about Wireless Certificates.