I've seen this come up a couple of times. So I hope you don't mind me asking, what would be the advantage of providing "very low total bandwidth" for your guests?
Pete M. -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Helman Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 10:49 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSIDs, devices and guests We rate shape the guest network to a very low total bandwidth and block all applications except email, web traffic and software/os update facilities. -Brian ________________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] on behalf of Caroline Owens [ow...@sju.edu] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:34 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSIDs, devices and guests The first thought that pops into my mind is that you might need to manage violation messages from the RIAA or other copyright-concerned organizations and what will your recourse be if you do not have security. We use Audible Magic's solution to try to do our due diligence as far as government standards in a way that is mostly automatic, but there are always a few that slip through. When we get the notices, we need to be able to find the device that caused them and we can do this on the wireless through the user authentication. Somebody else might have a solution to this or another thought process (actually that would be great!). But, that is ONE of our reasons right now. The other is the cost of our Internet bandwidth. We're in an urban environment and try to conserve our resources for our students, faculty, and staff. Caroline Owens Networking and Telecommunications Saint Joseph's University (610) 660-1613 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Williamson" <bob_william...@aw.org> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:27:43 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSIDs, devices and guests We are a small(ish) boarding school (K-12) with around 100 boarders. We are located in a residential neighborhood with a lot of homes very close to the school. Management wants an SSID for guests which does not require a password. My corporate reaction is "that is crazy". My secondary/new to academia reaction is "why not". If the guests network is completely separated from the internal network, severely limited in bandwidth, web filtered, protocol/applications blocked etc. Who cares? The only potential issue I could see is web filtering can't stop everything. Then there is the whole question of how to handle "personal devices" for staff and students. Any thought on that would be appreciated as well. Thinking of hidden SSID (simply to make it less confusing for users) with MAC address limiting and DPSK (via Ruckus). Thank you for any suggestions. I am finding the transition from a corporate environment to academic, especially with boarding students, to be quite interesting to say the least, Bob Williamson Network Administrator Annie Wright Schools | 827 N Tacoma Ave, Tacoma, WA 98403 | www.aw.org D: +1.253.284.5465 | F: +1.253.572.3616 | bob_william...@aw.org Annie Wright's strong community cultivates individual learners to become well-educated, creative, and responsible citizens for a global society. Description: AWS Seal 2Description: FacebookDescription: Twitter ********** 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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
