Jezz, What is the advantage of using PSK over just open wireless, requiring mac address registration? In a later posting you stated that the student is responsible to use SSL encryption for sensitive data anyway. I know, if you want to allow by OUI on open wireless, Aruba wireless can do that. The OUI prefixes need to be entered manually, though.
In our experience, the Xbox 360 always uses the wired mac address, even on wireless. On the newer Xbox 360, the wired mac address has a Microsoft OUI, but the wireless one is Hon Hai Precision, I believe. How are you handling the other "dumb" devices that cannot handle WPA2-Personal or WPA2-Enterprise? We are in the midst of testing WPA@-Enterprise on wireless & 802.1X on wired. Thanks for your answers, helping us to learn. Bruce Osborne Wireless Network Engineer IT Network Services (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 40 Years of Training Champions for Christ: 1971-2011 -----Original Message----- From: Palmer J.D.F. [mailto:j.d.f.pal...@swansea.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:21 AM Subject: Re: Game Console Wireless Connection Problems Hi Our RESNET is 100% wifi, for the new intake of 2010 we launched a WPA/WPA2-PSK in halls specifically for gaming devices, access to this was essentially MAC auth, and restricted to the OUI vendor codes for the various devices. We haven't had any trouble with connecting PS3, XBOX, Wii, DS (not lite) and probably some others. PSPs don't work as they are 11b only, which is disabled; and DS-lite can't do WPA. We have seen some oddness with XBOXs not reporting the correct MAC address, so when a student registers their device it doesn't match the allowed OUI list and is rejected, or if the OUI matches they can't MAC auth as there is no match. All this is easily remedied though. Our current setup in halls consists of WISMs running 7.0.116 with 1121 and 1231 APs. The service has been since rebranded and rolled out across the entire campus to cater for all the other dumb devices (kindles, cheap not-so-smartphones etc) that can't handle WPA2-Enterprise/Eduroam which is our preferred WiFi connection method. Cheers, Jezz. Jezz Palmer Information Services and Systems Swansea University Singleton Park Swansea SA2 8PP j.d.f.pal...@swan.ac.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Reilly Steele > Sent: 09 November 2011 17:48 > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Game Console Wireless Connection Problems > > I am a student employee at Western Washington University ResTek and we > are having trouble getting PS3s connected to our wireless network. > > We have just rolled out the first phase of our wireless project this > year covering half of our residence halls with wireless service. We > have three SSIDs one secure with 802.1x/WPA2, one open with web auth, > and one open that only associates with client MACs that have been > registered on our website. The last SSID is the one we use for > browserless devices and game consoles. Initially we could not > successfully connect Wiis or PS3s to this wireless SSID. We fixed the > Wii problem by enabling the 2Mb transfer speed on the APs that the Wii > seems to prefer however this did not fix our PS3 connection issue. If > you have had any trouble, luck, tricks or tips for getting PS3s working > on your wireless networks I would love to hear about them. > > This is the hardware we are running currently: > 1 Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) > 1 Cisco 3310 Mobility Services Engine (MSE) > 3 Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC) > 426 Cisco AIR-CAP3502I-A-K9 A/B/G/N APs > > Thanks! > -Reilly Steele > > > Reilly Steele > ResTek Network Consultant > Western Washington Universtiy > reilly.ste...@wwu.edu > > ********** > 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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
