RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Peter P Morrissey
". Closing it off is too much is really a "denial of service" created against good users because of a very small number of bad users. I see a lot of inadvertent "denial of service"” I couldn't agree more with John on this point. We used to, and apparently some schools still do, offer guest ac

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Jonn Martell
This in an interesting topic. It seems to be all over the map. If the coffee shop can provide open access, then what is the argument against a University having an SSID "coffee-shop" that is back ended to a standard cable modem? Yes, the argument against having an open SSID on your main EDU netwo

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Bohrer
On May 15, 2014, at 4:54 PM, Hugh Flemington wrote: > > I’m curious about the freedom of coffee shops and airports to have open > internet access. Don’t they have to meet the same sorts of standards as we > do? In terms of CALEA at least, a college campus looks a lot more like an ISP than a

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Hugh Flemington
I think we do the same sort of thing as Fresno. There are a couple of campus departments that operate conference facilities and we’ve created separate generic accounts for them to manage. They cycle the password after each event. This isn’t perfect since the mapping of user to userid isn’t on

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Michael Cole
Chuck, we're in the exact same situation as you and not only do we use the argument about being the ISP for free public wifi, We use the law enforcement argument and CALEA where we need to know who's on our campus network in case we need to track that down for what they're doing once connected o

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Harry Zahlis
I have provided a “guest” account for these types of activities which is shared to venders for specific occasions. Removes the need for the “open” network. Harry Harry Zahlis Network Coordinator [FCC logo for email] Fresno City College 1101 E. University Ave. Fresno, CA 93741 Help Desk: 559-44

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Randy Mahurin
Depending on how someone reads the definition of a "telecommunications carrier", the Celea (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) of 1994 may come into play. It may be a good point for your argument. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Tim Cappalli wrote: > We provide this when for t

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Tim Cappalli
We provide this when for the Board of Trustees when they are on campus. We are fighting with campus administration about adding a PSK. Tim Cappalli  | CWNA ACSP ACCP ACMP CCNA Mobility Engineer  |  Brandeis University cappa...@brandeis.edu | (617) 701-7149 @tcappy0707 | linkedin.com/in/timcappall

requests for open, unauthenticated, no portal WiFi

2014-05-15 Thread Chuck Anderson
Has anyone had to deal with administration requests for completely open, unauthenticated WiFi with no captive port auth for guest access to use during events or generally? What arguments do you use against this kind of deployment? We are in a city and do not wish to become the ISP for surrounding