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Staying connected while visiting your student at Illinois:

A parent's guide to connecting to the Internet while visiting campus


Have you ever wanted to check your email while visiting your son or daughter on campus? Or check your favorite sports team's score while you're at the Union? Or how about getting the latest headlines while waiting for your flight at Willard Airport?

Now, parents and guardians of Illinois students are just a few clicks away from being connected while visiting campus with two new ways to stay connected: Guestnet and UI Public Wireless.

With Guestnet (http://guestnet.uiuc.edu), any student with a valid Illinois Network ID can create up to two simultaneous guest accounts by sponsoring family members to connect to UIUCnet, the campus-wide computing network.

Guest accounts can last for up to three days, and allow access to the following campus network services:

  • UIUCnet QuickConnect: A simple, browser-based method of connecting to the campus network through either UIUCnet Wireless or Walkup service.


  • UIUCnet Wireless: The campuswide wireless network with many locations across campus, and more being installed every month.


  • Walkup: If you have a laptop that is Ethernet-ready, several campus buildings offer Ethernet-based network connections. You can use UIUCnet QuickConnect to log in to these locations as well.

For more information about guest accounts, please see:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/guests/index.html

For a comprehensive list of UIUCnet Wireless Access locations, please see:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/wireless/locations.html

UI Public Wireless is an open wireless network available to members of the general public who wish to check their email, web browse or instant message during their visit. Users will be prompted to fill out a registration form.

UI Public Wireless is only available at four locations, with more to come in the future:

  • Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana


  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 500 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana


  • Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, 1008 W. Hazelwood Dr., Urbana


  • Willard Airport, 1 Airport Road (Rt. 45 South), Savoy

For more information about UI Public Wireless, please see:
http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/publicwireless/