Guest Access to the U.Va. Network

Sponsored guests of the University may access the U.Va. network. A sponsored guest is required to be registered through the Network Registration accounts page by a sponsor with a U.Va. computing ID. The sponsor is responsible for the actions of any guest whose machine they register.

Guest Registration

Guest registration can be accomplished in one of two ways:

  1. Faculty, staff and students can register their guest's device via the online registration system.
  2. Group administrators can generate a PIN that is then used by the guest to access the registration system and complete the automatic registration information. These PINs will expire 31 days after creation if they are unused.

Guest registrations are available for 7, 30, or 130 days and will expire after the elapsed number of days starting from the registration date. Optionally, the Group Administrator or the U.Va.-affiliated person who created the guest registration may delete it before the expiration date. Departments needing to generate large numbers of PINs at once (for conferences, institutes, etc.) should carefully consider the best method for distributing PINs and identifying PIN owners.

Visitor Access to the U.Va. Network

Your sponsor should provide you with information on using your guest PIN and getting registered on the U.Va. network. (See here for a copy of one informative handout.)

Troubleshooting Information

Special info for wireless users

Guest users who are registered by a sponsor and accessing the wireless network at U.Va. may need the special instructions found at http://www.itc.virginia.edu/wireless/guest.html for configuring their computers.

Contact for Network Registration at U.Va.:
consult@virginia.edu

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