As a UVM campus visitor or external collaborator, the method of authentication and the type of access you receive with your UVM Guest Account varies by how your account was sponsored.
- Self-sponsored accounts – Requires the use of SMS test messages to complete the self-sponsorship process. These accounts remain active for 24 hours, and only includes access to the UVM Guest wireless network. Self-sponsored accounts may receive lower bandwidth and limit the use of some protocols.
- Sponsored accounts – Requires that a current UVM affiliate creates the account. Access can be provisioned for up to one month. These credentials can be used to connect up to 5 devices to the UVM Guest WiFi network.
Connecting to UVM Guest wireless
Self-sponsored UVM Guest account (for visitors)
Self-sponsored UVM Guest access allows visitors to obtain basic network connectivity via SMS text verification. You must have an SMS capable phone to Self-sponsor.
- A single phone number can sponsor up to THREE different devices.
- Self-sponsored access will last for 24 hours before requiring re-authentication.
- Self-sponsored accounts may receive lower-bandwidth, and limit the use of some protocols.
- Connect your device to the UVM Guest network. When you do, a UVM Guest captive portal window should appear.
Captive portal not appearing?
If a captive portal window does not appear, you may need to open a web browser on your device.
- Under Self-Sponsor, click Register via SMS.
- Enter your 10 digit phone number, and then click Send me a code.
- Your mobile phone should receive an SMS text message containing a six-digit confirmation code.
- Enter the code, and then click Verify & Login.
- You should now be connected to the UVM Guest network!
Sponsored UVM Guest accounts
This guide assumes that your UVM Guest account was provisioned by a current UVM Affiliate or Department.
- Sponsored accounts can be used to connect up to FIVE different devices to the UVM Guest wireless network.
- Sponsored accounts can be provisioned for up to one month of access.
Sponsored guest accounts have a username format of rallycat.visitor where rallycat is the UVM affiliate, and visitor is the name of the guest. A password is automatically generated for each sponsored account.
- Connect your device to the UVM Guest network. When you do, a UVM Guest captive portal window should appear.
Captive portal not appearing?
If a captive portal window does not appear, you may need to open a web browser on your device.
- Under Sponsored Guests, click Login.
- Log in using your sponsored GuestNet username and password.
Not sure what your username and password are?
These credentials should have been automatically emailed to you when the account was provisioned. If you don’t see that email, try asking your sponsor which email address they used when creating your account.
- You should now be connected to the UVM Guest network!
Sponsoring a UVM Guest Account
The following guides are for current UVM Students, Faculty, Staff, and Departments. Sponsored guests can be granted access to the UVM Guest WiFi network, lab computers, and/or SharePoint for up to one month at a time.
Provision a UVM Guest account
By default, UVM Students, Faculty, Staff, and Departments may sponsor up to five UVM Guest accounts for visitors to the campus.
- Visit go.uvm.edu/uvmguest in a web browser. If prompted, log in with your NetID and password.
- Click the Add Guest button.
- Fill out the form with your guest’s information. Click the relevant access toggle(s) and specify the length of time that access should be granted, and then click Create.
Avoid granting unnecessary accessIf your guest only needs WiFi network access, leave the lab computers and SharePoint web sites boxes unchecked.
- Your guest should receive an email with their UVM Guest credentials. They can use these credentials to connect to the UVM Guest wireless network. You can access details of a sponsored guest, or change their password, by clicking the Pen icon to the right of their account on the main guestnet-admin (go.uvm.edu/uvmguest) page.
Batch request Guest accounts
If your department requires a large number of guest accounts to be provisioned, please contact our Identity and Account Management team at iam@uvm.edu no later than 3 business days prior to the date the accounts will be used.
Bulk add Guest accounts from a file
- Visit go.uvm.edu/uvmguest in a web browser. If prompted, log in with your NetID and password.
- Click the Bulk add guests button.
- Click downloading this sample CSV file to download a template.
- Navigate to your Downloads folder and locate the sample file (guestnet-users.csv). Then, right-click the file and select Open With Excel.
- Enter a name or description for each user, a username in the format (your NetID).(their name), and the email address that they use. For each service that they need access to, enter a start date and an end date. When you’re finished, save this as a .csv file.
Avoid granting unnecessary accessIf your guests only need WiFi network access, leave the Labs and SharePoint columns blank.
- In the Sponsor many guests window in your browser, click Browse and find the .csv you just saved. After selecting it, click Create.
- You should now see a list of the guests you added. They will each get an email to the address you entered with their guest account’s credentials. You can access details of a sponsored guest, or change their password, by clicking the Pen icon to the right of their account on the main guestnet-admin (go.uvm.edu/uvmguest) page.
