CU Guest Wi-Fi

To register for CU Guest Wi-Fi credentials:

1. Open your device's Wi-Fi networks and select CU Guest.
2. On the CU Guest login page, click Register for CU Guest.
3. On the registration page, enter your contact information, accept the terms of service, and click Register.
4. A confirmation page will indicate that your guest Wi-Fi credentials were sent to the email account you provided.
5. Check your email for a new message from CU Boulder Campus Wi-Fi (wifi_noreply@colorado.edu) with your temporary guest Wi-Fi credentials.

To log in to CU Guest Wi-Fi:

1. On the CU Guest login page, enter the guest username and password provided to you, then click Log in to CU Guest.
2. On first login only: For security purposes, guests are required to change their password upon first login. New passwords must be at least eight characters long and use a combination of uppercase letters, lowercase letters and numbers. Record the password in a secure location, then click Change Password.
3. A confirmation page will indicate that you've logged in successfully and recommend checking your connection to CU Guest Wi-Fi. If your device isn't connected, follow the troubleshooting steps on the page.

Guests are required to log in daily. Guest credentials remain active for seven days and can be used on up to three different devices.

Use the Specialty Wi-Fi Devices Portal to register up to five personal specialty Wi-Fi devices on CU Guest Wi-Fi:

1. Using a CU Boulder internet connection other than CU Guest,* log in to the Specialty Wi-Fi Devices Portal with your IdentiKey credentials.
2. Click Add.
3. Enter a device nickname and the device's Wi-Fi MAC address. (Learn how to find a Wi-Fi MAC address.)
   • Note: If you choose to enter a device description (optional), avoid using punctuation or special characters. This is one potential cause for an "Error Loading Page" notification.
4. Click Submit.
5. On the Your Specialty Wi-Fi Devices page, click Refresh to view your device.

You may need to restart your specialty device and/or directly select CU Guest through the device's interface to connect it to Wi-Fi.

*The portal is only accessible using CU Secure, eduroam, the campus VPN or the wired campus internet.

To be considered "business-critical," a specialty Wi-Fi device must be indispensable to business, administrative or research operations.

OIT has approved a number of business-critical devices, including specific models of:

• wireless point-of-sale devices (e.g., Square, Clover)
• QR code scanners
• smart refrigerators
• temperature sensors

Register an Approved Business-Critical Device

If you've purchased additional units of a previously approved device,* submit a request to the IT Service Center to add them to the CU Guest allow list.

Note: Do not use the Specialty Wi-Fi Devices Portal to self-enroll business-critical devices.

In your request, please include the following information:

• Business service: CU Guest
• Nature of issue: Headless Allow List
• Description:
  • Include a copy of the original approval of the device
  • Include each new device's Wi-Fi MAC address

*Note: In late 2025, OIT migrated all previously approved business-critical devices from UCB Wireless to CU Guest. Follow the steps below to connect them to the new Wi-Fi.

Submit a New Business-Critical Device for Review

If you have a new business-critical device that OIT hasn't previously approved:

1. Ensure that you've obtained a demo sensor for testing from the vendor.
2. Submit a request to the IT Service Center with the following information:
   • Business service: CU Guest
   • Nature of issue: Headless Allow List
3. The review and approval process could take up to two months.