Visitors to the campus who are not guests of UBC faculty or staff can use our visitor network for light web browsing at no charge.

Features

• The 'ubcvisitor' network allows visitors to connect to the internet for light web browsing.
• The system is built using the wireless Ethernet standard Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g and in some areas, 11a.

Who Can Use This?

• The wireless service is for all visitors to campus. No login is required.
• UBC students, faculty, and staff should use the ubcsecure wireless network. 
• Visitors from other educational institutions which support eduroam, should use the eduroam service.

Technical Requirements

• A Wi-Fi-capable laptop or mobile device.

Get Connected

• Select the "ubcvisitor" wireless network on your wireless device.
• Open up a web browser, and you will be directed to the login page.

Service Restrictions

• Bandwidth is limited
• You may not be able to access some UBC resources (e.g. Library, FMIS, HR Portal, WebCT Vista); use ubcsecure to access UBC resources
• Access is restricted to a limited set of network protocols including:

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  • Web (HTTP, HTTPS)
  • Email (POPS, IMAPS, SMTPS)
  • VPN (PPTP, L2TP, IPSec)
  • SSH
  • NTP

Support

• UBC IT provides visitor wireless internet access "as-is", "where is", and "as available". No support is provided for this service.
• Service outages and maintenance will be posted on the UBC IT Bulletins site.