ITS for Visitors
Welcome to UofL!
Our ITS family is an energetic team of technology experts who are committed to making your visit to our campuses a success! If you’re new to the UofL community, we have a wireless option to get your connected. If you’re a vendor, conference attendee, visiting professor and have been provided a sponsored guest user account, check out our wireless for sponsored users. If you’re visiting from another institution that uses eduroam (an international Wi-Fi internet access roaming service for users in research, higher education and other organizations), you should connect automatically to that secure wireless option.
Our Wi-Fi for Visitors is free
ULvisitor allows for open, short-term use. With no sign-in required, this connection is primarily for UofL's visitors and guests who need wireless access. WiFi sessions on ULvisitor are limited to 6 hours on HTTP and HTTPS sites and sessions automatically log out after 30 minutes of inactivity.
ULsponsor is our wireless network for frequent or short-term guests, such as vendors, to UofL. Sponsorship by a UofL Faculty or Administrative staff is required for this type of WiFi account.
To use the ULvisitor service on campus:
- Select the SSID ulvisitor from your device's list of available wireless networks.
- Open a browser and load any URL; you will be redirected to an access page (on some mobile devices, the access page should open automatically).
- Click Accept to acknowledge the terms of use. Your browser will be sent to a confirmation page and from there you can get online.
NOTE: If your home page is set to a secure web page (a page with a url that starts with "https://"), then ulvisitor wireless will be unable to redirect your browser to our login page. Changing your home page setting to a non-protected page should correct this problem. We recommend using http://neverssl.com to overcome this known issue.
(change first part) UofL wireless is prevalent throughout all campuses but University Housing controls Wi-Fi in the following residence halls. Free version of MyResNet is available in:
- Belknap Residence Hall
- Bettie Johnson Hall
- Billy Minardi
- Community Park
- Kurz Hall
- Louisville Hall
- Unitas Tower
- University Tower Apartments
UofL departments, centers and business units can provide frequent visitors, short term guests or conference attendees a sponsored guest user account. This wireless option allows unlimited but unencrypted access (using a VPN is suggested). More information about sponsorship, which must be initiated by UofL personnel in our portal, is in our Knowledge Base.
To access ULsponsor service:
- Select the SSID ulsponsor from your device's list of available wireless networks.
- Open a browser and load any URL to display a UofL guest log in page.
- Log in with your sponsored guest user name and password. After you log in, you can use Internet services and web browsing as you would at a public venue such as Starbucks.
NOTE: If your home page is set to a secure web page (a page with a url that starts with "https://"), then ulsponsor wireless will be unable to redirect your browser to our login page. Changing your home page setting to a non-protected page should correct this problem. We recommend using http://neverssl.com to overcome this known issue.
Need a Computer? Need Assistance?
If you’re on Belknap campus, Ekstrom Library offers guests (18 and older) a free hour of library computer use. For visitors to the HSC campus, options at Kornhauser Library are possible.
Having difficulty with technology while visiting UofL? We’re here for you with our HelpDesk.