Wi-Fi

Connecting to the eduroam Student Wi-Fi Service
All registered UCC students are allowed to connect their laptops, smartphones and tablets to the eduroam Student Wi-Fi service. To have a device connected to the wireless network please follow the steps below.
Eduroam
eduroam also allows UCC Students to have instant Wi-Fi access at other affiliated institutions all over the world.
If you are a student visiting UCC and are wondering about Wi-Fi access please click here to see more details on the eduroam service.
Eduroam in Ireland
There are over 200 eduroam hotspots across Ireland, to see where eduroam is available in Ireland, please visit www.eduroam.ie
eduroam Student Wi-Fi connection Instructions
Configure your device
To connect to the eduraom Wi-Fi service simply select eduroam from the available Wi-Fi networks and choose connect. Your username is your UCC Student email address as StudentNum@umail.ucc.ie (e.g. 123456789@umail.ucc.ie) and your password is your Student IT Account password.
N.B. If you are running Windows 7 however, follow the manual configuration instructions below.
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Manual Configuration
Windows Devices
- Select eduroam from the available Wi-Fi networks in the bottom right hand corner.
- Enter your Student IT account details as StudentNum@umail.ucc.ie and your password.
- Choose Connect
All Apple Devices
- Select eduroam from the available Wi-Fi networks in the top right corner.
- Enter your Student IT account details as StudentNum@umail.ucc.ie and your password.
- Choose Connect.
Android
- Go to Wi-Fi settings and select eduroam.
- Leave EAP method as PEAP .
- Leave Phase 2 authentication to MSCHAPV2.
- Set certificate validation to "Do not Validateā
- Set Identity to your StudentNum@umail.ucc.ie.
- Leave Anonymous Identity blank.
- Set password to your Student IT Account password.
Kindle
- Go to the home screen.
- Select Menu and Turn On Wireless from the list of options.
- Select Menu and Settings.
- Select eduroam from the list of Wi-Fi networks.
- Enter your Student IT account details as StudentNum@umail.ucc.ie and your password.
- Choose Connect.
Wi-Fi and Printing - Uprint
Uprint allows you to print from your laptop, from home or from any location on campus. You can upload documents or specify web pages that you want to print.
Accessing Uprint
- In a web browser go to http://uprint.ucc.ie
- Login using your Student IT account.
Please note that you have 6 hours to release your job in an Open Access IT Centre, before it is deleted from the print queue.