Actually, we just implemented the solution you described in two of our buildings. One for the lib and one for the student center. Mac address filtering works great. However, try and get a WAP that has the ability of uploading a text file of MAC addresses. We thought ours did but it turned out "version 2" doesn't have that ability. Your other option is some type of authentication server like RADIUS which is expensive.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Scott Zimmer Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SOCALWUG] Suggestions for a low-cost, secure WAP I'm new to the list and wireless in general, but I am hoping to benefit from some of the experts out there... I work at a small library which is planning to set up a WAP for students' convenience (the library is so small that one WAP should cover the whole thing). Our network admin is thinking about how best to secure access, and his current plan would require students seeking wireless access to give staff the MAC address of their machine. Staff would then add this MAC to a permissions table. (This is probably workable on a purely practical level, since the number of students needing wireless won't be too large). Would this work? How big are those tables, anyway? Is there a better solution? Thanks for any input you can provide! -Scott ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Working on a term paper, thesis, or dissertation? Need help with research, editing, proofreading, or typesetting? Check out http://www.solemneyed.com ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
