Michael Dickson wrote:
> Wondering if others face a similar situation and what they are doing
> about it. In short, what is *wireless* used for and what is *wired* used
> for and how are the intended uses enforced?
Mike, you've got a technical question and a policy one. The technical
question is e
Mike,
I'd agree with the comments from Cal Frye: if you offer two
equivalent (or nearly equivalent) services, and you impose a
charge for one of them and offer the other at no charge, you
shouldn't be surprised if there is an attempt to reduce local
expenses by migrating to the "no charge
The funding model for our Resnet is based upon per/port charges. As we started
adding wireless to the dorms (paid for by the port fees), we were very concerned
about users not switching to "free" wireless . We ended setting up a separate
policy domain for the wireless in Resnet. Normally all stu
For the most part, our wired network is up 100% of the time and fully redundant
in the core and data centers. Edge devices such as L2 switches if down will be
replaced ASAP, so uses pretty much know the wired network is always avail...
With our wireless, even though it's virtually up 100% of the
Michael,
We have the same issue and the same model!
Some things will tend to remain on jacks
(Xbox, IP-TV, Printer, employee deskop, building controller,
Web-cam, cluster...)
At UT we plan to eventually move to a University wide Tech-fee,
that will provide one port, one access to wireless,..., fo
We also have a per jack funding model and I had the same concern as
wireless was being requested more and more. We wrote a procedure for how
to obtain wireless for you area and coupled a charge to it.
We specifically state that wireless is not supported on our campus as a
replacement to standard o
