====== Network access for guests ======

===== Wireless access for short-term Guests or Conferences ====

For visitors without UofM internet accounts, there are two ways to access the wireless network.

  - The simplest is to simply connect to the network named "UofM Guest". You can use any existing email address to log in to this network. However the "UofM Guest" network is quite restricted in what can be used - it can be used to access the web, but not for ssh access, has no ability to print, etc.
  - **Staff and faculty can also sponsor short-term wireless access for another person.** Go to [[https://my-account.umn.edu/create-sponsored-acct]] for more information and to sponsor an account. Your visitor should then be able to use this account to connect to the "Eduroam" network.

Visitors from other educational institutions can generally use the **[[https://www.eduroam.us/introduction|eduroam]]** wireless network, using their credentials from their home institution. UMN doesn't appear to have any good directions for setting this up at present, but the US eduroam site has some [[https://www.eduroam.us/user_support|links to user support resources]]

More general information on guest accounts is available at https://it.umn.edu/services-technologies/comparisons/compare-available-types-internet

===== Wireless access for longer-term guests =====

If you have visitors who need wireless access for longer than the above 4-5 days, and if they can't use the "UofM Guest" or "eduroam" networks described above, a sponsored account is needed. Staff and faculty can request sponsored accounts [[https://it.umn.edu/services-technologies/comparisons/compare-available-types-internet|here]]

<note warning>
**For longer-term visitors, you might want to consider whether a Person of Interest (POI) account might be a better solution.** POI accounts also allow for a continuation of identity if a user has previously had an InternetID at the university.
</note>

Note though, that this **only** sets your visitor up with wireless network access. If they require any other services, such as a U card, or logging in to Physics Windows workstations, you should consult our [[:computing:general:visitorinfo|visitor accounts information]]

===== Wired network access for guests =====

Registered wired network access is not available for guests apart from very special circumstances.