Self-Service Guest Wireless

All visitors to the Swarthmore College campus have access to the wireless network through the SSID SwatGuest. Registration for an account is required. Self-service guest accounts are good for 4 days. For longer stays, a new account can be created after the initial one expires.

If you have an Eduroam account and would like to try connecting with your home user credentials please visit this link and follow the instuctions, Wireless .

Please note:

A single account can be used on all of your wireless devices.
Open access is provided to the Internet and to public accessible servers at Swarthmore. No access is permitted to SwatVPN, printers or internal Swarthmore servers including email servers.
As 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 Macs.

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 Swat Guest Account look at the list of available networks.

Select SwatGuest from the list of available wireless networks.
Depending on the device you may immediately directed to the SwatGuest Login page.
1. If this does not happen automatically, open a browser and go to any web page).
At the top of the dialog box, click on the link "Click Here to Register" option for the registration page.
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".
Click the "Register" button when done. Your guest account information will be sent as a text message to your cell phone and sent to your e-mail address.
You will receive a confirmation page in your browser like the one below.
Once you have retrieved your SwatGuest password, click on the "Login Here link."
Enter your Username (email address used to register) and your newly retrieved Password. Click Log In.
Again, 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 could just click the button to continue browsing.