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| ====== Guest Network Access ====== | ====== Network access for guests ====== |
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| | ===== Wireless access for short-term Guests or Conferences ==== |
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| ===== Visitor and Conference Access ===== | For visitors without UofM internet accounts, there are two ways to access the wireless network. |
| For those without accounts, there are two ways to access the wireless network. | |
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| 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. | - 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. |
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| **Staff and faculty can also sponsor short-term wireless access for another person.** The access expires at midnight after 4-5 days. Go to [[https://www.umn.edu/dirtools/sponsor-wireless]] for more information and to sponsor an account. Your guest should then be able to use this account to connect to the "UofM" or "UofM Secure" networks. | 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]] |
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| Requests for guest accounts for conferences can be made in a similar way, except a small charge applies. Full information on the types of wireless accounts, and the charge scale for conferences, is available at [[http://www.umn.edu/wireless/information/access/conference/index.html]] | More general information on guest accounts is available at https://it.umn.edu/services-technologies/comparisons/compare-available-types-internet |
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| ===== How to Connect as a Guest ===== | ===== Wireless access for longer-term guests ===== |
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| ==== Wirelessly ==== | 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]] |
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| To use the wireless network as a guest, simply associate with the University's wireless network by following the instructions on the [[http://www1.umn.edu/wireless/|U of M Wireless information page]]. | <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. |
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| Information about the wireless network specific to Physics users is available [[wireless|here]]. | 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]] |
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| ==== Wired ==== | ===== Wired network access for guests ===== |
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| If you have a university X.500 or Physics account, you can plug in to any free network port and open a web browser. After authenticating, you should have access to the Physics network and other sites within the university. This netwrok access is provided mainly to help you register for wired network access, and does not provide full connectivity to the internet. | Registered wired network access is not available for guests apart from very special circumstances. |
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