Self-Service Guest Wireless

All visitors to the Swarthmore College campus have access to the SwatGuest wireless network. Self-service registration is required and guest accounts are good for 4 days. For longer stays, new accounts can be created after the initial ones expire.

If you have an eduroam account with another institution you can connect with your home institution’s email address using the standard Wireless connection instructions.

Please note:

• A single SwatGuest account can be used on all of your wireless devices.
• Open access is provided to the Internet and to publicly accessible servers at Swarthmore. No access is permitted to SwatVPN, printers or internal Swarthmore servers including email servers.
• As with most other public Wi-Fi services, SwatGuest is not an encrypted network. Use https or other secure applications if you need to send personal or confidential data.

SwatGuest registration has been verified to work with Firefox and Chrome. If you have a problem registering, please try a different browser, such as Microsoft Edge on Windows or Safari on a Mac.

On mobile devices, you may not have to use a browser to register or login. For example, on iPhones and iPads, simply selecting the SwatGuest network will cause the initial login screen to appear.

Creating a SwatGuest Account

1. Select SwatGuest from the list of available wireless networks.
2. Depending on the device you may immediately directed to the SwatGuest Login page.
   (If this does not happen automatically, open a web browser and go to any web page).
3. At the top of the dialog box, click on the link "Click Here to Register" option for the registration page.
   
4. Enter your name, a cell phone number with no special characters or spaces, and an email address and click the check box next to "I accept the terms of use".
   
5. Click the "Register" button when done.  Your guest account information will be sent as a text message to your cell phone and also to your email address.
6. You will receive a confirmation page in your browser like the one below.
   
7. Once you have retrieved your SwatGuest password from text or email, click on the "Login Here link."
8. Enter your username (email address used to register) and your newly retrieved password. Click Log In.
   
9. Depending on your operating system you will either be directed to the Swarthmore page or some windows devices may present a screen that says you are connecting to an unsecured wireless network, in which case you can click the button to continue browsing.