Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Handheld Support with WPA and PEAP

2007-09-11 Thread Tom Zeller
. Tom Zeller Indiana University 812.855.6214 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/11/07 9:42 AM, "Joseph Karam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > We implemented a secure wireless network this summer with WPA security and > PEAP authentication. Now many of our folks wit

I recommend this webinar on status of 802.11n

2007-06-21 Thread Tom Zeller
lso a suggestion to deploy 11n only in the 5 GHz range and leave 2.4 to b/g. The audio comes through computer, along with powerpoint slides. I felt like it was time well spent Tom Zeller Indiana University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dear Tom, Thank you for attending AirWave¹s we

The strategic importance of 802.11a

2007-06-17 Thread Tom Zeller
additional cost of adding 11a to the mix is substantial. The cost of denser deployment (we currently have what I think of as edge-to-edge coverage, with little overlap) is also non-trivial. I would be interested to hear other's opinions on these questions. Tom Zeller Indiana Univer

Advantages of Controller-based Wireless

2007-06-14 Thread Tom Zeller
the major brands). I don't see the centralized management aspect of CBW to be the driving force for us. Tom Zeller Indiana University [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] renewing 802.1X EAP-PEAP certificate

2007-05-03 Thread Tom Zeller
Never done it, but it sure seems that if the cert is from an entity the client machine trusts, the user would never be aware of the change. Tom Zeller Indiana University On 5/3/07 8:00 PM, "Julian Y. Koh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- &g

Interested in Trapese

2007-02-28 Thread Tom Zeller
I would be interested in hearing from anyone using Trapese at a scale of 200+ access points. You can email me off-list at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you love them, hate them, or would be willing to have a phone conversation with me about the product. Thanks. Tom Zeller Indiana University 812-855

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Looking for alternative wireless solutions

2007-02-06 Thread Tom Zeller
HP has a product in this space, assuming you are looking for a controller-based system. They have a reasonable feature list, and as with most HP network products, no annual maintenance costs. Tom Zeller Indiana University 812-855-6214 On 2/6/07 3:50 PM, "Mike Tennyson" <[EM

Would like to hear from Universities with VPN-protected wireless

2007-02-05 Thread Tom Zeller
should go into auto-update, please respond to me (NOT TO THE LIST!) and I will compile a list of enterprises for our conversation with Microsoft. Tom Zeller Indiana University 812-855-6214 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list

How many SSID's?

2006-11-07 Thread Tom Zeller
d Hoc local department network with legit special need (Health Center?) 6. Appliances - for Tivos, game consoles, whatever. access via mac address registration access to internet, with some blocks, but not campus perhaps access across the dorm network Tom Zeller Indiana University [

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WPA or VPN

2006-11-03 Thread Tom Zeller
At home over WiFi my Mac does lose connection in about that timeframe. However I talked to one of our main mac nerds and he uses Mac from home thru NAT to the ASA and stays up for hours. I was under the impression that the ASA code was explicitly NOT the 3000 code. On 9/25/06 6:08 PM, "Julian

Vista WiFi

2006-10-31 Thread Tom Zeller
I've been told one really awful thing about Vista RC2 WiFi: it sees each AP, even with the same SSID, as a new network. There may have to be user interaction as each new AP is discovered. There is an option to merge all the APs of one SSID into a single network, but it is a buried, manual option

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Problems with 802.1x with hidden SSID

2006-02-27 Thread Tom Zeller
> P.S. BTW, it's 802.1X, not 802.1x. If you look at the IETF document you'll > see an uppercase 'x' is used. > > -Original Message- > From: Tom Zeller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:29 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV

Problems with 802.1x with hidden SSID

2006-02-27 Thread Tom Zeller
c and PC though it works well once connected. Using the same laptops with a test of broadcast SSID and they both connected reliably and much faster. If anyone has any ideas that this can NEVER work, or that you are in fact doing this, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Tom Zeller India

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Is PPTP "Acceptable" Security?

2006-02-20 Thread Tom Zeller
devices that don't easily (e.g. For free) support IPSEC. C) IPSEC has it's strengths, but authentication is not one of them. Now that IKE v2 is done incorporating EAP we should see clients with less vulnerabile authentication. Tom Zeller Indiana University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 812-855-6214

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Guest Access

2006-01-31 Thread Tom Zeller
of Domain Users). If you don’t broadcast the SSID and the guest network isn’t ubiquitous the user can’t tell if they are in range or not. Tom Zeller 812-855-6214 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 1/31/06 12:07 PM, "Casey, J Bart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey All,   It has been deemed

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Quick Wireless Survey

2006-01-25 Thread Tom Zeller
Title: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Quick Wireless Survey We are one of the larger wireless campuses.  We have 1800 access points.  We have about 1200 users as we speak.  The campus has a 2 Gb/sec commodity internet link and a 1 gb/sec Internet2 link.  Not sure what you mean by “lines for wireless”.  Here

WLAN Analysis Tools

2005-07-27 Thread Tom Zeller
other tool: One of our engineers carries a WiFi telephone (we don't support this generally) as an application-level test of wireless connectivity. If he gets good voice quality on the phone, his laptop will be happy too. And it's a faster test than booting a laptop. Tom Zeller Tel

Wireless Policy - Indiana University

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Zeller
Title: Wireless Policy - Indiana University Indiana University’s policy on wireless can be found at: http://www.itpo.iu.edu/IT20.html -- Tom Zeller Telecommunications Technical Advisor University Information Technology Services Indiana University [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (812) 855-6214

How is wireless different

2002-11-26 Thread Tom Zeller
.  In the long run we can imagine all datajacks being protected via 802.1x, but for us that will require a changeout of around two thousand switches, which is at least three years away. -- Tom Zeller Telecommunications Technical Advisor University Information Technology Services Indiana University

Re: WIRELESS-LAN Digest - 22 Nov 2002 to 23 Nov 2002 (#2002-50)

2002-11-23 Thread Tom Zeller
Title: Re: WIRELESS-LAN Digest - 22 Nov 2002 to 23 Nov 2002 (#2002-50) In response to Mike Greigo’s questions: Yes, an unauthenticated wireless user could attack another wireless user.  Until 802.1x become real I don’t know of a way around that. It is my understanding that an attacker could not

Wireless secured via VPN

2002-11-23 Thread Tom Zeller
users based upon their membership in an ADS group, which we do for special cases to tighten security on particular servers. If someone would like to discuss VPN issues further, we should go off-line as it’s a bit off topic for this list. Tom Zeller Telecommunications Technical Advisor Indiana