Regarding public wifi, you definitely want to secure that with a WPA password.
We recently switched over to Ubiquity UniFi wireless access points. ( http://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap/) The configuration could not be simpler. You'll plug them in to ethernet cables (and some models support wireless bridging) and run a Java based controller app through your web browser. They have built in support for isolated private and public networks, even some options for monetizing the wifi if you're interested in that. You can throttle the visitors' network so they don't take bandwidth away from staff. Our set up has 6 access points (which replaced 8 Linksys APs), all broadcasting a visitor's network with a simple, guessable password which we share with visitors who ask, and a separated staff network. You can move throughout site and the radios all hand off seamlessly. On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 7:00 AM, <mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu> wrote: > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 01:39:52 +0000 > From: Brian Whaley <bwha...@kimbellmuseum.org> > To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu> > Subject: [MCN-L] Public WiFI and Social Sign-In/Authentication > Message-ID: <d092a285.1b244%bwha...@kimbellmuseum.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm the head of IT for the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, and I'm > researching a request from our marketing department. Currently, our WiFI is > open (of course, we have firewalled the connection to prevent illegal and > questionable activity, but it doesn't require a password or authentication > of any kind at the moment). > > So, I'm interested to know how many of you either: > > 1. Have free public WiFi, and leave internet access open and free (no > "cost,"meaning no authentication is required) > > Or > > 2. Use any sort of authentication for your public WiFI (such as giving an > email address and password for access) to gather marketing data. More > specifically, if any of you use any type of social sign-in to authenticate > and gather data. > > I have a number of concerns about the security and privacy of any > authentication method, but especially social sign-ins (especially using > Facebook and anything else that uses oauth and/or openid authentication), > so I wanted to find out if any of you are using similar configurations, > find out about your experiences, and ask who you're using and if you had > similar concerns that were quelled by explanations on why it was safe and > secure. I've talked to one company and researched several others, and I > haven't heard satisfactory responses on the security of these > authentication methods. > > I'd also like to hear your patron's perspective if you use authentication. > What's the bounce rate? Do you receive many complaints about having to > authenticate? How reliable is the system you're using (meaning do you have > many technical issues related to authentication that prevent access?) > > I'll be at the MCN conference in Dallas tomorrow and Friday, so if you get > asked about this by someone, that's probably me! > > > Brian Whaley > Head of IT and AV > Kimbell Art Museum > 3333 Camp Bowie Boulevard > Fort Worth, TX 76107-2792 > bwha...@kimbellmuseum.org<mailto:bwha...@kimbellmuseum.org> > www.kimbellart.org > -- R. Buck Bailey Technology Coordinator Eli Whitney Museum 915 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06517 203.777.1833v 203.777.1229f www.eliwhitney.org Follow our blog: ewmuseum.wordpress.com
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