r/UWMilwaukee • u/Nice-Classic-6221 • 28d ago

Every single day

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u/amir_csharp_gtr 28d ago

Do you want to know something interesting? I studied at UWM from 2011 until 2022. Bachelor, Master and PhD and never could get that stupid WiFi to work correctly. Always stressful. You are not alone

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u/svtguy88 28d ago

Heh. Some things transcend time - terrible WiFi in the union is one of them.

This was around 2010ish, but I remember Lubar being okay. The moment you hopped to a union access point, it all went to shit.

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u/Empty_Historian_4236 28d ago

The wifi is suck on campus :)

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u/bigbabyhead 28d ago

Try deleting the UWMWiFi profile on your device, and then assuming you can join UWMGuest, point a web browser at https://cat.eduroam.org and choose University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee as your organization. It should send you a link to automatically configure for both UWMWiFi and eduroam. Put '<your username>@uwm.edu' in as your credentials and it should fix anything related to wifi settings on your device.

Otherwise as annoying as it is, opening a helpdesk ticket with your username, time you have the problem, and as specific a location as possible does actually help the folks trying to make WiFi not suck.

The Student Union is an especially challenging location, but anywhere you are having problems is important to communicate so that resources can be justified and allocated.

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u/IsItGucci68 28d ago

I don't have any issues using eduroam

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u/migopod 28d ago

Fun fact, assuming you're using your local credentials, eduroam and uwmwifi are the same after you're authenticated. The thing that makes them different is that with uwmwifi you authenticate to campus radius directly, with eduroam you authenticate to campus radius via a proxy.

Eduroam is a way to proxy authentication to your home institution's radius, which if you're using your UWM credentials is local. It's meant to be used for when you're at another university that's a member so you can use their wifi with UWM credentials, or for visiting people with their own institution's credentials.

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u/drunkencinderella124 28d ago

I THOUGHT MY LAPTOP WAS SUCKING! THANK GOD I’M NOT ALONE

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u/kayne_21 28d ago

Only place I’ve had any real issues with the wifi on campus this semester is in the union. All of the other places it’s been pretty solid after the first week.