Guest Accounts

Note that this information may change as we migrate to DivIT's Policy-Based Networking model.
Some instances may occur where someone needs to log in to a Campus computer without having a Campus Directory ID and password available. Here are some solutions in those cases.

Logging in to Computers - Loaner Laptops

If you are using a loaner laptop managed by EIT, you should first be logging in as your UMD account. If for any reason you are unable to login as yourself on our loaner laptops, or are using the device on behalf of someone else, you can log on to it using username ".\engrguest" and no password. The device is completely wiped on return, so please do not store data on it that you will need after returning it.

Logging in to Wifi

Visitors to the University can connect to the umd-guest network using the instructions listed at this Division of IT article.  Occasionally, there is an issue where after connecting to umd-guest and authenticating, the countdown completes but you don't have a working connection.  Try turning off wifi, waiting a few seconds, and turning it back on.  That typically will fix this issue.

For Faculty-Sponsored visitors, Faculty should create a Sponsored wireless account using instructions listed at this Division of IT article. 


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Doc ID:
116265
Owned by:
Ayla H. in Engineering IT
Created:
2022-01-24
Updated:
2026-09-21
Sites:
University of Maryland Engineering IT