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Stay Connected: Your Guide to UMBC Wireless Networks

Retriever Home or Eduroam? Finding Your Perfect Connection

To ensure the best possible connectivity experience on campus, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) recommends two primary wireless networks tailored to your needs. 1. Retriever Home...

Posted: August 20, 2026, 3:20 PM

A cozy student residence hall room with various connected devices, including a gaming console near a TV, a smart speaker on a desk, a laptop, and a smartphone, all glowing with soft blue connection lines to represent a secure home-like wireless network.

Restoration of Full Internet Connectivity for the Campus

I wanted to let everyone know that Friday morning, repairs were completed to the fiber optic cable that was damaged early last week.  (https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/87008) Once the...

Posted: September 29, 2019, 11:58 PM

Interruption to Campus Services around 3:20pm today

This afternoon, at around 3:20pm, we suffered a power outage to one of the racks in the computer room in Engineering. This rack holds key equipment that provides data storage for a good number of...

Posted: June 5, 2019, 4:58 PM

UMBC Network Enhancements Completed Over the Summer

Improved coverage in several buildings around campus

Over the summer, DoIT performed network enhancements in the Physics, Chemistry and ITE buildings on campus. As a result of these upgrades, network speeds should be increased and there will be...

Posted: August 23, 2016, 10:30 AM