Guest User Accounts for Internet

WIRELESS NETWORKING FOR CAMPUS VISITORS

Now when your colleagues or friends visit the CU-Boulder campus you can give them access to wireless networking throughout the campus in one of two ways. The new UCB Guest Wireless service http://www.colorado.edu/its/wireless/guest gives sponsored guests access to public-facing web pages for up to five days.

To establish an account for your guest, follow these steps:
(Right now, you must use Firefox when you are setting up the account, and the user must use Firefox to access the log in screen.)
1) You must log in with your own identikey and password at:
http://ucbguestsponsor.colorado.edu/
2) Select the option to create a new user and enter the name and valid date/time information
3) The system will assign a log in and password for the user

When the guest is ready to log in, they must follow these steps:
To access UCB Guest Wireless:
1) Select UCB Guest as your wireless network.
2) Open a web browser and go to www.colorado.edu. They will be automatically redirected to a login page.
3) Use the guest username and password to login in.
4) After logging in they will be redirected to an information web page about UCB Guest Wireless.
They are now free to use UCB Guest Wireless for basic Internet activity.
If the web browser allows pop-ups, there will be a window that has a log out button. The guest should click on this button when they are done using UCB Guest Wireless.

NOTE: UCB Guest Wireless only provides general Internet use. Guests cannot access CU-Boulder resources that require on-campus connections, such as Library resources and other protected servers and services that are provided strictly for CU-Boulder affiliated students, faculty and staff members.

Those visitors that are on campus for a conference or who require access to non-public facing CU-Boulder resources such as library resources can request a Conference IdentiKey at http://www.colorado.edu/its/docs/accounts/conference.html

Two New databases added to the homepage

I have added two new databases to that you are free to peruse.

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Pidgin Instant Messaging - Testing

Taken from Matt's email message:
Pidgin was installed on the reference computer Friday. For the most part, it works just like Meebo. Here is how you can get started experimenting with it.

Double click on the Pidgin icon on the desktop.
Click the ADD button on the window that appears.
The following screen will ask you for some information.
The first thing you need to change is the protocol.
Click the arrow next to the AIM icon, and then choose XMPP
The username is wmwbuslib
The domain is libraryh3lp.com
Leave the Resource as Home
Finally, the password is Bluesky1(don't forget the capital B)

You should see a new screen that shows you are available.
You may click close on the window with the close and add buttons.
Now that you are available you can ask yourself a question. Fun Fun.
Here is the link to the box to ask yourself a question.
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/business/askbus1.html
There is also an icon below the Pidgin icon on the desktop that you can use to get to this website.
Hope you have fun IMing yourself. Just click the red X at the top when you are done.
BTW, you'll still want to log in to meebo during your reference desk shifts.
We are just testing pidgin right now.