Three institutions-Oregon State University, Portland State University and the University of Oregon-have granted students, faculty, and staff wireless internet access on one another's campuses.

When visiting the other campuses, university affiliates can log in to the wireless network using their Duck IDs, with "@uoregon.edu" appended, and passwords. If your Duck ID is "jersmith", you would use "jersmith@uoregon.edu" as your user name when logging in.

At Oregon State University, select the wireless network called "OSU_Access" and open a web browser to log in. At Portland State University, select the wireless network called "PSU General Access" and open a web browser to log in.

OSU and PSU guests visiting the University of Oregon should select the wireless network called "UO Guest", open a web browser, then select their institution from the Affiliate menu. A guest user name will be the visitor's full email address, as in "jersmith@onid.orst.edu" or jersmith@pdx.edu".

Like many things in Oregon, the idea grew organically.

"It was an idea that Jon Dolan [OSU's Associate Director of Network Services] had been kicking around informally," said Dale Smith, University of Oregon Director of Network Services. "Our thought was that we had a lot of folks who traveled back and forth and that it would make life easier for both of us."