New! An internet for your personal devices.
UBC IoT Internet of Things wi-fi network gives your personal devices their own private network — secure, encrypted, and invisible to everyone else on campus. Your laptop, phone, gaming console, smart TV, speaker, and other personal devices see each other and work together, just like they do at home.
UBC staff, faculty, and students can connect their devices to the network using their CWL account (Multi-factor Authentication required).
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Heads-up: for now, log in once every 4 weeks to keep your devices active. It’s a temporary security measure while we finish automating personal devices this fall — after that, you’ll only log in to add or remove a device.
UBC hosts several wireless networks to support students, faculty and staff on campus and at partner institutions. Visit the links below to find out which wireless network will best support your needs.
ubcsecure
"ubcsecure" uses WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Enterprise and 802.1x for an encrypted and secure wireless connection.
This wireless network is available to everybody within the UBC community with a valid student, faculty, or staff CWL account.
UBC Internet of Things (IoT) Wi-Fi
UBC Internet of Things (IoT) wi-fi network gives your personal devices their own private network that is secure, encrypted, and invisible to everyone else on campus. Your laptop, phone, gaming console, smart TV, speaker, and other personal devices will be able to see each other and work together, just like they do at home.
eduroam
The "eduroam" network is a collaborative network that provides students, staff and faculty roaming wireless access at partner institutions. Users authenticate using the same credentials as they would at their home institution.
ubcprivate
"ubcprivate" is the wireless extension of the Virtual Networks service and allows authorized users to be placed directly into their department's own network and security domain.
Note: that this wireless network is only available to UBC community members affiliated with departments that have their own virtual network.
ubcvisitor
"ubcvisitor" is a public wireless network service available for guests visiting on the UBC campus. Some restrictions apply. We encourage staff, faculty, and students to use ubcsecure as their default UBC network.
RogersGuest
RogersGuest is the updated name for the former Rogers WiFi Hotspots (previously known as RogersOpen). It offers free guest WiFi access across many UBC locations, including the Point Grey, Robson Square, and Okanagan campuses, as well as select remote sites where UBC WiFi services are available.
Coverage extends across both indoor and outdoor spaces where UBC wireless networks operate.
The RogersGuest network will appear in your list of available WiFi networks alongside "ubcsecure", "eduroam", "ubcvisitor", and "ubcprivate".
When connecting, users will now be presented with a 1-click guest access page, which provides 5 GB of data valid for 30 days.
For technical assistance, please contact Rogers Support at 1-855-877-WIFI (9434) or visit the Rogers website for more information.
Wireless Device Registration System
The Wireless Device Registration System allows residential multimedia and gaming devices to be pre-registered to connect to the ubcvisitor Wireless.
For information about where wireless internet is available across UBC campuses and other locations, please refer to our Wireless Coverage page.
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Getting Started
- Wireless: How do I setup ubcsecure using Autoconnect on Android?
- Wireless: How do I setup ubcsecure using AutoConnect on iOS?
- Wireless: How do I setup ubcsecure using AutoConnect in Windows?
- Wireless: How do I set up the ubcsecure network in Ubuntu Linux?
- Wireless: How do I set up the eduroam network in Android?
- Wireless: How do I manually set up the ubcsecure network in Windows 10?
- Wireless: How do I manually configure UBCSecure on Android devices?
- Appropriate Use
- Wireless Coverage