A major change in UF wireless service is afoot. UF is discontinuing the “uf” wireless network and promoting “eduroam” as the primary service offering. The infrastructure will remain the same, but there is a slight difference in the authentication. You will need to use your full Gatorlink email address (@ufl.edu) for the username. The password will remain your Gatorlink password.

In short:

Old way:
Wireless Network:  “uf”
Username: GatorlinkID
Password: Gatorlink Password

New way:
Wireless Network:“eduroam”
Username: Gatorlink email address  (e.g. mygatorlink@ufl.edu )
Password: Gatorlink Password

UF joined the eduroam wireless service in 2014, part of a user community of 6,000 universities, research centers, and academic complexes worldwide. You can authenticate via your GatorLink credentials at any eduroam location and have instant, secure Wi-Fi access. Project benefits include being able to consolidate network use across UF’s multiple environments: the Academic Health Center and Housing and Residence Education will be on the eduroam service along with main campus users, providing a single wireless environment to manage. In addition, changing everyone’s wireless network default to eduroam means that all personal- and university-owned devices using the UF wireless network will be automatically configured to work at eduroam institutions worldwide, making it easier for staff and students to collaborate across academic institutions for conferences and programs.

UF moves into phase II of the project Fall 2019, so we encourage everyone to switch over to eduroam and not wait until the deadline. OMT is ready to help if you run into a problem or have questions.

More details on phase II may be found at https://news.it.ufl.edu/infrastructure/phase-ii-of-eduroam-migration-fall-2018/