This is something we struggle with, especially being a small school. Keeping up with the latest Chromecast/Roku/Amazon Echo, etc devices is near impossible. A big thank you to product designers who put the MAC on a label on the outside.
Thomas Carter Network & Operations Manager Austin College From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 8:12 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches? Hi Everyone, Not looking for a lot of input on all of the things you CAN do- just asking a focused question for those that are doing it. We're piloting the ability for students to self-register games, TVs, Roku, etc. but am astounded at how hard some devices are to find MAC addresses for from the user side. Amazon Echo is notorious, also fighting with a Roku 2. No labels, not easy to find in menu. Sure, you can find all of this on APs, but that isn't "self-service" for self-registration. Anyone have thoughts, comments, scars, suggestions? I know Clearpass and ISE can fingerprint, but I'm finding that's far from accurate at times, and again- doesn't help with "register YOUR device by MAC" for users that can't see what network admins use. -Lee Badman Lee H. Badman Network Architect/Wireless TME ITS, Syracuse University 315.443.3003 ********** 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/.
