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UMKC Information Services provides high-speed wireless to students, faculty, and staff, for use in education, research, and administration. Wireless access is available in most campus buildings, satellite offices, and select outdoor common areas.
Use of the wireless network is subject to the terms listed in the UMKC Wireless Policy.

Details

The UMKC wireless network provides:

  • Authenticated network access using your UMKC ID (username) and password
  • Secure information transmission via advanced encryption
  • The ability to print to network printers without need for a VPN

A guest network is also available for short-term use by university guests and visiting scholars in select buildings who need short-term access to wireless. It is not designed to handle a large number of users or provide high levels of availability. Long-term guests, scholars, and dignitaries should obtain a username from their department sponsor to use the wireless network for the duration of their visit.

Once configured, your wireless device should automatically connect when the network is in range. If it does not, select the network from the list of available wireless networks.

The Campus standard is 802.11 g/n/ax
6E (6ghz) and be (WiFi 7) are also available in select locations

See our Knowledge base for instructions on configuring UMKCWPA on your device. Or, visit the desktop support team office in Cherry Street Garage for personal assistance.

The UMKC-Guest network is available for short-term use by university guests in limited locations. If the splash page does not display the first time you connect you can reach it at the following link: https://wifiportal.umkc.edu where you will be instructed to create a temporary account.

Additional information and a printable QR code with instructions is available on the UMKC-Guest Knowledge base page.

Official visitors to the campus can obtain a username and password by having sponsoring department staff member log in to the following page: Visitor Access

UMKC has joined the eduroam community to provide Wi-Fi access while traveling to participating institutions. UMKC faculty, staff and students can use their UserID and password to access wireless networks on eduroam affiliated campuses, including many US and international institutions.

Eduroam is available here at UMKC to users from other universities that are also members of eduroam.

Only visitors to UMKC from federated campuses should use the eduroam network; by design, access to UMKC specific resources is prevented. All active faculty, staff and students with current UserID and password should continue to use UMKCWPA, not eduroam.

How to connect your device to the eduroam network.