Choose Eduroam for Best Wifi Experience

UF students, staff, and faculty with active GatorLink accounts should be choosing Eduroam rather than UFGuest when connecting to WiFi on the UF Campus.

UFGuest is an unencrypted, basic option intended for visitors that limits network bandwidth and prevents access to certain UF services such as the Gatorlink VPN.

Eduroam is a secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. It allows students, researchers, and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity seamlessly across campuses around the world when visiting other participating institutions. More information about eduroam can be found at https://eduroam.org/.

For UF students, staff and faculty, eduroam requires onboarding through the “UFGetOnline” wifi network. When at UF, it registers your device onto the UF private IP network; thus allowing you to access all UF network resources as if you are directly connected to the UF network via a wire. Once onboarded, when you visit participating institutions your device will automatically connect to their eduroam network and be able to access the Internet.

To onboard on eduroam:

  1. Open your WiFi settings and connect to the “ufgetonline” network
  2. Open a new browser window and visit https://getonline.ufl.edu to register your device
  3. Select the device type from the dropdown menu on the website
  4. Follow instructions until your wifi connection is migrated to “eduroam” (please note that your username is ‘[gatorlink]@ufl.edu’ and not just your GatorLink username)
  5. Once connected, open your network settings again and forget the “ufgetonline” network

If you have questions or problems, please reach out to your local IT support or the UFIT HelpDesk (calling 352-392-HELP/4357 or visiting the HelpDesk (132 Hub)).

Finally, every May, UFIT updates eduroam’s encryption settings. This update is usually transparent to users but occasionally there may be a glitch that requires you to onboard to eduroam again. This year (2022), the update is scheduled for Sunday, May 15th.