We do not allow personal devices. The reason is security, support, and monitoring these devices and owners can get complicated. All district owned equipment has a location and I have all MAC addresses associated with them so we can track what machine has an issue, and who is logged into it. It seems to make life a lot easier and have not had a virus issue, knock on wood!
Keith Stoeber Network Administrator Cross Country Coach / Assistant Track Coach Sioux Central CSD 4440 US Highway 71 Sioux Rapids, IA 50585 (P) 712-283-2571 x 5900 (F) 712-283-2285 "Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation." - John F. Kennedy ---------------------------------------- From: "Lance Lennon" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [info-tech] Personal Wireless Devices Okay everyone, I knew the day was going to come, I just did not know when. It has arrived. We are having a meeting to determine whether to allow Personal Wireless Devices on our network or not. I am asking for some assistance from anyone willing to share. Here is what I am asking for 1. Do you allow outside wireless devices to access your network? 2. If so, why? If not, Why not? I am on the fence here and want to present logical arguments for and against both so that the Admin team can make an informed decision to --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------
