We were in the same spot with #1 and still are (since our main SSID has been .1x for a while). #2 was considered for the briefest of seconds but was quickly surpassed by #3 which was the quickest to implement. We've been happy with the rollout and it's working well.
-Brandon From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ian McDonald Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 12:48 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam rollout- one more time We did #1, but we didn't have .1x before that. My understanding is that most places that did went for #3. Our biggest benefit of #1 is that eduroam "just works" for users who go away to other institutions, without them ever having to plan it, as it's already set up. -- ian From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Allen Sent: 01 November 2013 16:44 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Eduroam rollout- one more time Happy with #3 -Scott -Scott On Nov 1, 2013 12:34 PM, "Lee H Badman" <lhbad...@syr.edu<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu>> wrote: I know this comes up frequently, so forgive me. We're at a different place than we were at last inquiry... Syracuse University has become an Eduroam school, and as we speak we have happy Eduroamers around the world. Woo Woo! At the same time, we have yet to roll out Eduroam on our own campus and are getting ready to in accordance to the Eduroam agreement. We're trying to figure out the best model: 1. Retire our own beloved 802.1x SSID, and use Eduroam in its place. This has no favor with any of us, including our senior IT managers and so is not gonna happen. (Though I value the opinions of others, not wanting to get into a debate on this point :) ) 2. Do a targeted rollout of Eduroam, in places where it is likely to be used by visitors- academic buildings, etc. (So far, I can't find evidence of anyone coming to SU and asking for it). This model requires building a new WLAN group or two and pushing it out to probably 20ish buildings out of our 200+ buildings. 3. Go the easy path, and push it the Eduroam SSID everywhere, as an additional WLAN, and live with the fact that it won't get a lot of use in most places and puts management traffic in the air that isn't generally going to be used. I can't be the only one who has stood at this juncture and looked at the situation the same way. Wondering what others have done between #2 and #3, and what your level of satisfaction has been for whatever path you took. Regards, Lee Badman Syracuse University ********** 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/.
