We're using them with great success for authentication and passthrough. The only issue we have using the passthrough feature is that the guest access is anonymous. We've implemented the Cisco NAC Guest Server to handle sponsored access. You may also be able to use the lobby ambassador feature, but it didn't fit our needs.
We have run into some of the connection issues you mentioned. We're currently at version 4.2.205.0 and everything is working well. Dave Jamie Pogach wrote: > We are moving away from our current guest wireless architecture. We are > a Cisco shop and plan to utilize the wireless controllers (WiSM) for > guest access. We plan to use the web-passthrough feature with a > customized agreement page. We have been testing on our current 4.2.130 > version of code. We have also upgraded a test environment to 6.0.182. > The other engineers want to move to the 6.x code, but I’m concerned. > > > > Does anyone have any feedback on using the Cisco controllers as the > portal for wireless guest access? Which version? I know there are some > caveats with web-authentication in certain versions. I believe it had > something to do with number of connections. We hope to avoid that, > using passthrough. > > > > Also, in general, any thoughts on which code train to put our testing > efforts on? We only have a couple weeks to decide, so that we may have > this deployed by mid-August. > > > > Thank you for your time and feedback. > > > > Jamie Pogach > > Wireless/Network Engineer > > Johns Hopkins University > > 410-516-6690 > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
