Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread Jeff Kell
On 7/29/2011 6:34 PM, James J J Hooper wrote: > On 29/07/2011 20:35, Hanset, Philippe C wrote: > >> Also, if you don't mind the initial investment (will save you money >> in the >> long run)... get Xpressconnect > > ... or SU1X (free, but Windows only): > http://sourceforge.net/projects/su1x/ > > a

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread James J J Hooper
On 29/07/2011 20:35, Hanset, Philippe C wrote: Also, if you don't mind the initial investment (will save you money in the long run)... get Xpressconnect ... or SU1X (free, but Windows only): http://sourceforge.net/projects/su1x/ and you can use .mobileconfig 'profiles' for iOS & OS X Lion. -

FW: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread Holland, Stephen
My apologies. Somehow this email got sent to the list. Guess I will be looking into the also! Stephen Holland Network Engineer Northeastern University From: Whelan, Robert Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 3:50 PM To: Holland, Stephen Subject: FW: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions Steve - I know you'

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread Hanset, Philippe C
Don, We have two separate SSIDs that do 802.1x ut-wpa2 and eduroam, across campus. This separation is creating a lot of confusion to our community. Sometimes they wonder why use one versus the other! We would like to redesign this and only have the eduroam SSID, but separate the traffic based on

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread Samuel Petreski
Don, You have to use a separate SSID for Eduroam and as a matter of fact, has to be called "eduroam". This is per the requirements from Eduroam. In regards to complexity and/or issues the two main things you need to make sure is that your wireless network is capable of supporting 802.1X for aut

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread Jeff Hagley
Don, Glad to hear that you are going to be deploying eduroam on your campus. If you haven't already done so, make sure to fill out the form at www.eduroamus.org The team that runs the US top level server is great to work with, and the form on the site will put you in contact with the right peo

Eduroam questions

2011-07-29 Thread Wright, Donald
We have a mandate to setup Eduroam for our campus for the upcoming fall semester and I was wondering how others have done this in the past. Did you use a separate ssid made available throughout your campus ? Any issues or gotchas that I should be aware of as far initial response time for users

RE: Guest portal vendor recommendations

2011-07-29 Thread Oakes, Carl W
A few others to consider: Aruba's Amigopod - from the demo's I've seen, very slick. Avenda (www.avendasystems.com) - A RADIUS server with a Guest portal interface (Guest Connect). We are implementing this now, still new to it though. Both are RADIUS servers with

RE: Guest portal vendor recommendations

2011-07-29 Thread Peter P Morrissey
Tony, There is an easy answer to that: Bluesocket. I believe it does just about everything on your list and more including SMS authentication which we helped them develop. This allows us to have easy self provisioning of guests while maintaining accountability (which we have never had to use BT

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Guest portal vendor recommendations

2011-07-29 Thread Matthew Gracie
On 07/29/2011 11:00 AM, Fleming, Tony wrote: > Crew, > > I would like to know what guest portal solutions being used today. I > realize that most wireless controllers provide a simplified guest portal > mechanism. However, we are interested portals that provide advanced > functionality. We're usi

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wifi Support Staff

2011-07-29 Thread Jason S. Cash
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Brian Deem Williams wrote: Just as an inquiry I would like to know what kind of support staff other universities have for their Wi-Fi environment.  Is there a formula that you use (i.e.  X number of users = Y number of staff, or X number of access points = Y number of staff)

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Guest portal vendor recommendations

2011-07-29 Thread Julian Y Koh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri Jul 29 10:00:00 2011 Central Time, "Fleming, Tony" wrote: > > However, we are interested portals that provide advanced functionality. We would also be very interested. In addition to Tony's list of features, we're looking for: A portal th

Re: Guest portal vendor recommendations

2011-07-29 Thread Eric W. LaCroix
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Guest portal vendor recommendations

2011-07-29 Thread Fleming, Tony
Crew, I would like to know what guest portal solutions being used today. I realize that most wireless controllers provide a simplified guest portal mechanism. However, we are interested portals that provide advanced functionality. Our basic criteria: Simple setup Easy portal custo