Although we have several hundreds buildings live, the two difficult buildings we have are in ResNet (both rogues, microwave ovens and nasty 2.4 GHz phones).
There are some real problems with network degradation.
For University buildings, we plan to remove rogues because Cisco's WLSE assigns channels around them and we don't want to lose the channels.
We also don't want to optimize the network by hand - the network is too big for this and we are right in the middle of our campus wide 802.11g upgrade which brings us back to 3 channels (because of OFDM channel use).
Optimization isn't required for light use but it's almost mandatory if you want to support VOIP over wireless.
What we really need is a device to "zero in" the rogues, Cisco WLSE does a good job if it can triangulate but we still need a solution for the edge of the wireless network where we can't triangulate.
Have anyone had cultural problems limiting APs in Residence Halls - we are always a bit more careful with these residential areas. Can people post URLs for rogue APs policies in residences if any exist?
... Jonn Martell, UBC Wireless, www.wireless.ubc.ca
Gabe Custer wrote:
We have a policy against wireless access points in residence halls, but so far have not enforced it very heavily. We haven't really had any problems, so I'm sure I will get complaints if I take a more forceful approach. In order to prepare, I would like to have some examples ready. Does anyone have specific examples of problems they have had as a result of unauthorized access points? Network problems or specific security issues that I can use as examples would also be helpful.
Thank you, Gabe Custer Cedarville University
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