Warning: Please do not bring personal routers to the UFIT Help Desk for assistance.
Registering a Personal Router in Graduate Housing
- On a device that is connected to the internet, open a browser and navigate to getonline.ufl.edu
- On this page, select the Wired Device button in the top right corner
- On the next page, select the Student Wired Device Registration link
- If prompted, login with your GatorLink credentials
Note: This page will include the wireless device instructions; you can ignore those when connecting a wired device.
- Find the Wan Mac Address for your router (usually found on a label on the bottom or rear of the device)
- Select the Wired button under Select Service
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For wireless routers you will need to go into your device settings and set a unique network name and password (please no room numbers in the network name)
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- Select your village - wireless router from the Select Device Type Drop-down menu, enter any relevant notes, and then select the Submit button
- You may now connect your device via an ethernet cable.
Warning: If you already connected the device to the network before registering it, you may need to restart the device or un-plug the ethernet cable and plug it back in for it to update.
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For further assistance, please contact the UFIT Help Desk.