I'm working with a couple of my students here at Syracuse on an article for
a December issue of Network Computing magazine that we are tentatively
calling the Wireless LAN Analysis Toolkit. We're hoping to provide readers
with an understanding of the range of problems faced by managers of large
Saccheen,
Good work, and congratulations on closing in your MS degree. For what
it's worth, it would also be nice to see how college campuses are
addressing issues of guest access/open access on the campus wireless
networks. Your work is obviously done, but this info would really help
round out
We're looking for help from current WLAN managers. You can
either provide general input or answer the following two
questions. I hope in most cases you would be willing to post
your thoughts publicly, but if you have comments that are of
a sensitive nature, you can e-mail me directly.
1. What are the most common WLAN problems you face, either in the design
or
operation of your network, for which WLAN analysis tools might be
helpful?
- Rogue APs- but are only of concern if executive policy forbids them
and is enforceable (hot and cold here at SU)
- Design/budgetary planning-
Good morning, All.
I would also like to know what other campuses are doing for guest
access. We have several camps here during the summer and this is the
first year that we've also had people assuming that they could get
access -- also assuming no charges for it.
Have any of you been down this
1. What are the most common WLAN problems you face, either in
the design or operation of your network, for which WLAN
analysis tools might be helpful?
1: Misconfigured clients. Same as it ever was - if we didn't have users on
the network, life would be so much simpler. 2. Poor
1. What are the most common WLAN problems you face, either in the design or
operation of your network, for which WLAN analysis tools might be helpful?
#1, Ad-Hoc networks in large classrooms
#2, Interferences on 5 GHz, point-to-point links
#3, People believing that we need to secure WLANs at
Here's how we handle guest access. All of our APs are on a separate VLAN
behind a linux firewall/router. Your mac address must be registered in
LDAP before you're permitted past the firewall (which is done online).
For guests, they have to know someone on campus. They click the guest
link on
Hello,
In the wireless study, I did try to address some of the general steps that
schools have taken to address guest access/open access on the wireless
network. Below gives a brief description of my findings:
In a closed only network implementation where only authorized users (such as
Here at Ryerson people visiting and wanting wireless access are to
contact our conference services at which point a staff member will enter
in a temporary user ID into LDAP via a custom web page and choose a date
to expire that entry.
The user then falls into 1 of 3 guest networks and is forced to
1, Most common problems:
a. Users putting up their own APs and then providing open access to our
entire
network through it.
b. VPN configuration issues. Our users must go through our VPN for access to
anything other than basic Web browsing or email.
2. Helpful Tools:
a.
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