There is a glaring element of cluelessness here- is amazing. Lee Badman | Network Architect Information Technology Services 206 Machinery Hall 120 Smith Drive Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.3003 f 315.443.4325 e lhbad...@syr.edu<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu> w its.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services) Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 7:27 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Smart TVs and other "smart" devices And the enterprise Wi-Fi vendors choose to ignore Wi-Fi Direct. A while ago when the specification was approved, I asked our vendor how they were going to deal with this. They could not see how this home technology would impact the enterprise network. Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Infrastructure & Media Solutions (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Thomas Carter [mailto:tcar...@austincollege.edu] Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 6:04 PM Subject: Re: Smart TVs and other "smart" devices Yes, wiFi direct is growing in use – Playstation 4s broadcast wifi direct to connect to Playstation portables. Some Roku players use wifi direct for remote controls. We have a blanket statement disallowing anything that we deem interference with the campus wireless. As a smaller private institution, we work with the students to remove the wireless network. It’s no different than most HP wireless printers that broadcast a wireless network for setup. Thomas Carter From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeremy Gibbs Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 2:26 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Smart TVs and other "smart" devices I have been seeing more and more students coming to campus with "smart" tv's. We allow them to register the TV on our wireless network. Recently, I have been seeing a lot of "Hidden" networks when doing some WiFi scans. Turns out, many of these TVs are broadcasting their own SSID, some hidden and some not. This is obviously causing interference with our production wireless network in the dorms. Also, I have seen xbox one devices broadcasting their own SSID, hidden but it is broadcasting. On many of these "Smart" TVs and devices, I cannot find a way to turn off the broadcast of these networks. Anyone have any experience mitigating problems like these? It just appears that every new device these days broadcasts some sort of 2.4 Ghz network. Thanks -- Jeremy L. Gibbs Sr. Network Engineer Utica College IITS ********** 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/.
