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  • Prospective students and their families

  • Vendors attending meetings on campus

  • Alumni and other visitors

  • Conference attendees

Three Four types of wireless access are available, depending upon who you are:

  • ulvisitor (for visitors; short-term use, limited internet functionality)

  • ulsponsor (full-service unencrypted network access for up to 30 days; requires a UofL sponsor)ulsecure (requires an valid ulink username/password, preferred network for UofL student, faculty, staff)

UofL Visitor wireless access (ulvisitor)

With the ulvisitor network, you can use the university's wireless network to access the Internet while on-campus. The ulvisitor network offers sessions limited to 6 hours . The sessions will automatically log out after 30 minutes of inactivity . Services are limited to HTTP, HTTPS. 

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NOTE: If your home page is set to a secure web page (a page with a url that starts with "https://"), then ULvisitor 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.

 Browser redirection to the ULvisitor ulvisitor login page is known to not work if either of the following are true: 1) if the website you are trying to visit does not exist or is offline; 2) if you are trying to visit an SSL encrypted site. However, once you have authenticated in ULsponsorulvisitor, SSL sites will work.

Sponsored wireless guest access (ulsponsor)

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NOTE: If your home page is set to a secure web page (a page with a url that starts with "https://"), then ULsponsor 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.

Browser redirection to the ULsponsor ulsponsor login page is known to not work if either of the following are true: 1) if the website you are trying to visit does not exist or is offline; 2) if you are trying to visit an SSL encrypted site. However, once you have authenticated in ULsponsorulsponsor, SSL sites will work.

Set up a Sponsored Account for Guest

To sponsor a guest, visit the ULSponsor mydevice Portal using a VPN or on-campus access to create an ID-sponsored guest account.  Enter your UofL userID and password to begin the process.

After you sign-in, you will be directed to a page where you create and manage accounts.  The system will auto-generate a user name and password after you have entered and submitted the appropriate information.  The guest network account will be made active for up to 30 365 days.  If your guest requires UofL wireless for more than 30 365 days, you can extend the guest account duration in the portal.

Secure wireless access (ulsecure)

This secure, campus-wide service allows students, faculty, and staff AES encrypted access to UofL campus resources

How to get online

To use the ulsecure service on campus:

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Select the SSID ulsecure from your device's list of available wireless networks.

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Enter your ulink user name at the prompt, and your ulink password.

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