Question
What are the available wireless networks on campus?
Overview
- Students, staff, faculty, and active affiliates use Eduroam.
- If you are signed into Eduroam and UCD Guest, please forget the UCD Guest network.
- Guests use the Guest Wireless Network
- Guests need to renew their access every 5 days.
- Departments can use this PDF Quick Sheet to use at events to help with the sign up and renewal process.
- PLEASE NOTE: Not all departments have provided in Wireless access in their buildings. It is not uncommon for a building to have only hallway access points which do not cover offices or any rooms not fully accessible to the public. Please work with local IT to install an access point if you need coverage for your office.
Answer
Eduroam
The Eduroam (education roaming) network is the secure, world-wide roaming wireless developed for the international research and education community.
Once you're connected to Eduroam, you can enjoy secure WiFi access at UC Davis, other educational institutions, and hotspots worldwide. No matter where you roam, your UC Davis security credentials are always checked back home at UC Davis.
At Eduroam hotspots around the world, no one but you knows your credentials so your connection is safe from hackers.
For more information, please visit the Eduroam service page in the IT Catalog.
The Eduroam network uses Security Certificates maintained by the Network Operations Center. For more details, please visit NOC Public Certificates.
For detailed instructions, see Connecting to the Eduroam wireless network
UCD-Guest
UC Davis provides a guest wireless network, appropriately named UCD-Guest.
If you are visiting UC Davis for a short time and need a wireless connection, then this is the network to use.
This is a straight forward process and is recommended to be completed before joining a busy conference room or buildings/rooms that have poor cellular service.
For detailed instructions, see Connecting to the UCD-Guest Wireless Network.
Note: Students, staff, and faculty with an active UC Davis Computing Account should use the Eduroam Wireless Network instead of UCD-Guest. See the above section for information and instructions on Eduroam.