Ohio University

Ohio University offers multiple types of Guest Account access.

Standard Network Guest Accounts 

Standard Network Guest Accounts are meant for short term visitors to the university. Standard Network Guest Accounts may be requested by any full time faculty/staff member.  Each Sponsor may have up to 5 guest accounts at any given time.  The guest accounts are active for up to 3 days and may be renewed twice for a total of 9 days.  These accounts are granted access only to the Ohio University Network. 

Standard Network Guest Account online request

Group Network Guest Accounts

Group Network Guest Accounts are meant to handle large groups of people or for people who will be on campus for longer than 9 days. Group Network Guest Accounts may be requested by any full time faculty/staff member.  Each Sponsor may have up to 100 Groups, and each Group can contain up to 1000 guest accounts.  The accounts are active for up to 31 days and may be renewed once for a total of 62 days.  These accounts are granted access only to the Ohio University Network.

Group Network Guest Accounts online request

Zanesville State Guest Accounts

Students at Zane State that require a wireless login account will need to contact the Zane State Helpdesk at 740-588-1327 to request the account.

For information about our network services please visit the following page:
http://www.ohio.edu/oit/communications/

OHIO Guest Accounts

OHIO Guest Accounts are meant for long term visitors or employees that are not being paid through the Ohio University Payroll Department.  Guest accounts cannot be created for anyone that already has an active Oak/Ohio Account.

OHIO Guest Accounts may be requested by any full time faculty/staff member.  OHIO Guest Accounts can be active for up to one year.  They have access to our wireless network and can be granted email, library Blackboard, and CommonSpot privileges. 

It is possible to renew an OHIO Guest Account at the end of the one year term.  It is the responsibility of the Sponsor and the Guest to keep track of the expiration date of the account.

Sponsors can request OHIO Guest Accounts here:
http://www.ohio.edu/oit/help/ohioguestform.cfm