This guide outlines the technology tools and services available to visitors during their time on campus.
Wireless internet access is available throughout all three UW campuses. Find detailed information on Wi-Fi access for visitors here.
Event-specific Wi-Fi: Some UW-based events arrange for Wi-Fi access for attendees. If visiting for an event, check to see if your event offers Wi-Fi access.
Otherwise, visitors may access the UW Wi-Fi network in one of the following prioritized ways as listed by wireless network SSID (Wi-Fi network name):
- Eduroam: Visitors who use eduroam at their home institution may use their home institution credentials to sign into UW’s encrypted eduroam network. Contact your home institution for support connecting to and using Eduroam.
- University of Washington: Select the ‘Connect as guest’ option from the captive portal splash page presented after selecting this network SSID. (If the page does not present, enter ‘uw.edu’ in your browser and it should pop-up.) This service provides a seven-hour connection to the Internet. If needed, ‘guest connect’ can be selected again after each 7-hour session expires. This network is unsecure and unencrypted.
- University of Washington: UW faculty and staff can provide visitors (via online registration tool – see Temporary UW NetIDs) with a temporary personal UW NetID. The temporary UW NetID is then used by selecting the “Continue to login” option on the University of Washington wireless network captive portal splash page. This network is unsecure and unencrypted. This should be the access method of last resort used only if all prior methods do not meet the visitor’s needs.