> Guest access- > > - How do you "sponsor" visiting guest? > - Any self-service mechanisms for staff and faculty to quickly get a > visitor on the wireless network without having to contact someone in > IT? > - Any guest access horror stories?
We support [at least] two wireless SSIDs on our equipment. The private one goes to our captive portal which issues IP address within Ga Tech address space and requires users to authenticate against our kerberos realm before passing packets to our networks or the internet. The public SSID is broadcast and has no security. It is bridged at layer two to a VLAN that is handed off to a local wireless ISP who handles the traffic. The ISP issues DHCP addresses in their address space and sells access to public users. Users can purchase access online with a credit card or purchase discounted passes through the ISP. Conference and even organizers on campus can choose to purchase access passes in bulk and include them as one of the immenities to conference attendees, etc. I believe Georgia State University, also here in Atlanta, has a similar arrangement with the same ISP. -- Earl Barfield -- Academic & Research Technologies / Information Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
