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Upgrades to Residence Hall Wireless
Faster Wi-Fi and 2,500+ access points
The Residential Life office (RL) and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) have partnered to implement a brand-new wireless system for on-campus residents. Providing technology...
Posted: September 11, 2024, 11:35 AM
Upgrades to Residence Hall Wireless
New Wireless Access Points this Summer!
In partnership with the Office of Residential Life, DoIT will implement a completely new wireless system throughout all residential dorms and apartment complexes this Summer. Over the past...
Posted: June 17, 2024, 9:40 AM
Recent Network Issues in the Residence Halls and Apartments
We wanted to update the community on the recent Internet performance issues residential students were experiencing during the first week and a half of the spring semester. A few days into the...
Posted: February 12, 2018, 4:18 PM
Software Bug in ResNet Wireless System
In response to residential student feedback, we recently partnered with the Office of Residential Life and updated all residential buildings with wireless hardware upgrades that provide the...
Posted: September 22, 2017, 9:48 AM
Residential Network Outage Monday Evening
Monday evening around 7:15 pm there was a power outage on part of the campus which caused some of the core switches in the Residential Network to crash and their configuration became corrupted. ...
Posted: March 14, 2017, 10:01 AM
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
Why You Should Be Using Eduroam
Benefits include one time login, security, and availability
Eduroam is a global Wi-Fi network that provides encrypted traffic for any device you use and features a one time setup process that can be used on any campus that supports eduroam, not just UMBC....
Posted: May 5, 2016, 2:29 PM
Top 3 Reasons to Use Eduroam
Users get improved reliability, security and ease of use
The “UMBC Campus” wireless network will transition to a much more improved network: eduroam. The network provides encrypted traffic for any device you use and features a one time setup process...
Posted: July 14, 2015, 12:33 PM
Wireless System Upgrade Improves Campus Coverage, Speeds
Massive summer project makes things faster, better
If you’ve been using the UMBC campus wireless system lately (and our administrative software says that you have), you may have noticed a big improvement in speed and coverage. That’s because this...
Posted: September 5, 2013, 9:22 AM
