We haven't tried this solution yet, so I haven't experienced the downside. Based on what you are saying, I think the solution could be a mix of identification, isolation and rate shaping (of the "commonly used services").
-Brian ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] on behalf of Tim Cappalli [cappa...@brandeis.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 1:27 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Game consoles? The problem with blocking commonly used services is that the game systems now have apps and baked in features that need to access those services. Tim Cappalli | ACCP / ACMP / CCNA Network Engineer | Brandeis University cappa...@brandeis.edu<mailto:cappa...@brandeis.edu> | (617) 701-7149 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Brian Helman Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 2:15 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Game consoles? We do not supply PSK connectivity, but there is an open guest network if they want to attempt to use it. That guest network is severely rate-limited. Like most of the respondents so far, we push them to wired connections. There was a discussion about this a couple years ago. the gist of the discussion was to create a gaming network where you blocked things like social-media, email and access to your student systems. The theory was to block these to discourage every-day use by other mobile devices. There's probably a nice NAC solution to this. -Brian ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] on behalf of Danny Eaton [dannyea...@rice.edu<mailto:dannyea...@rice.edu>] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 4:43 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Game consoles? There seems to be a growing demand, and with the holiday season upon us, I’m expecting more than a few requests when we all come back. Is anyone allowing residential students to register game consoles on a wireless SSID? If so, how? WPA2-PSK? MAC address registration? Respectfully, Danny Eaton Snr. Network Architect Networking, Telecommunications, & Operations Rice University, IT Mudd Bldg, RM #205 Jones College Associate Office - 713-348-5233 Cellular - 832-247-7496 dannyea...@rice.edu<mailto:dannyea...@rice.edu> Soli Deo Gloria Matt 18:4-6 G.K. Chesterton, “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It’s been found hard and left untried.” ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
