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Subject: Re: [NF] Can a Mac Join a SAMBA NT Domain or Access a Windows
RDP Server?
From: Ken Dibble <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 3/12/2014 2:41 PM
Why are you worried about people on the wireless network, which the
Mac user has access to if I read correctly? Is the wireless not
running security?
No it is not. The reason is simple: We have conference space, and
presenters from outside the agency do presentations here frequently,
sometimes in the evenings or on weekends. These presenters usually
bring their own laptops for PowerPoint displays, and sometimes need
to have internet access on those machines.
Just a thought...what I've done in these situations is have two WIFI
boxes...a good one with protection (WPA2 password) and a cheaper one
(like a Netgear for $60) that has no password. Set the cheap WIFI up
with access to the Internet and nothing else.
Well yeah--but it's a big building, presentations can occur in a
variety of places. We have three WiFi access points; now I'd need six.
And I would also increase the number of service calls by some
significant percentage, involving staff who can't remember the WiFi
password.
I try to keep things simple and convenient--for the staff and for myself.
Thanks.
Ken Dibble
www.stic-cil.org
No problem. But you've probably already spent $200 of your time trying
to figure out how to solve the problem with software. (3 x $60 = $180)
How would staff have trouble remembering a password that doesn't exist?
(on the "free access" WIFI WAPs)
My experience with "no password" WAPS is that at worst you may have to
restart them (unplug power, reconnect power) if they go wonky...other
than that, they're maintenance free.
Not trying to argue, just offering some alternative approaches.
Mike
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