Passing this on from 3Com. FWIW, consider management features, through-the
air security (WPA, etc.) and Network security (VLANs, etc.) and your switches'
capabilities (PoE).
Re: security, see....
Open source
[ http://www.packetfence.org/ ]http://www.packetfence.org/
[ http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=70947
]http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=70947
[ http://www.sf.net/projects/netpass ]http://www.sf.net/projects/netpass
[ http://netpass.sf.net ]http://netpass.sf.net
Commercial solutions
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6128/index.html (was Perfigo)
http://www.classicnw.com/
[ file://www.bradfordnetworks.com ]www.bradfordnetworks.com
Sygate has one, but Symantec just bought it
[ file://www.impulse.com ]www.impulse.com
Steve Scarbrough
Technology Coordinator
Storm Lake Community School District
712.732.8100 fax:8101
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Wireless technology is changing communication in the education world. Educators are finding that wireless networking offers the mobility and flexibility they need to improve instruction and collaboration, attract top faculty and students, and improve productivity. The standards-based, secure 3Com Wireless Mobility System delivers everything you need from wireless networking in a single solution that's easy to deploy and manage.
A secure wireless mobility system can:
- Increase student and teacher mobility and efficiency while improving collaboration and learning
- Ensure secure RF management for buildings, classrooms and campus locations
- Securely extend wireless communications campus wide
- Provide converged distribution of multi-media and VoIP wirelessly
- Deliver wired-equivalent security and control of your network
In this session you will learn how wireless mobility, security and RF management are evolving in the K-12 market. You will learn what tools and techniques are available to you to pro-actively monitor your network and all its devices. You’ll discover how secure wireless LANs can enable knowledge applications in all aspects of your school operations. You’ll discover what you can do to make sure “trusted devices” don’t go bad without having to manage every single end-station in the network. You will also learn how 3Com solutions can help you overcome challenges and concerns you may have around implementing a secure converged and reliable Wireless LAN.
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