Hi Greg, Are you familiar with virtual AP? It's a fairly common feature that can be found in most Aps today
Here's a little overview: http://www.drizzle.com/%7Eaboba/IEEE/11-04-0238-00-0wng-definition-virtual-a ccess-point.doc -Charles P.S. -- extending this idea, you can solve your question / issue by just "mapping" a VAP SSID to a particular VLAN (and/or security profile perhaps if you're going w/ the wlan-switch approach) -- and then you can prioritize / deprioritize traffic / bandwidth / QoS / etc based on whatever policy you implement ------------------------------------------- CWLab Technology Architects http://www.cwlab.com -----Original Message----- From: Scholz, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSIDs: broadcast and non-broadcast I am surprised no one has brought up the issue of only being able to broadcast one SSID. What do you do if you need/want more than one. We currently only have one and Franks comment makes sense in that scenario. However, assuming that we can only broadcast one, how do you differentiate wireless if needed? What I am hoping to achieve in the near future is 3 classes of service (Fac/Staff, Student, and guest). (note: we use CCA for reshalls here) Fac/staff can use their campus owned laptop and will be able to pass right over to a VPN to get "into the network". CCA can exempt devices we choose (e.g. campus run laptops) Students can use their same CCA credentials to log in and use the wireless in exactly the same manner as in the res halls. This will give them a more consistent experience. Guests will only be able to click "guest" in CCA and get 80 (maybe 443 and IPSec - do not know yet) out to the world. If a student selects the Fac/Staff SSID they would fail the login so could not go anywhere and the same is true if a Fac/Staff selects the student SSID. _________ Thanks, Greg 358-2070 -----Original Message----- From: Frank Bulk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSIDs: broadcast and non-broadcast In an educational network where you're not try to leverage (erroneously) the SSID as a security tool you might as well just broadcast the SSID and make life easier for all the mobile clients involved -- why not? Frank -----Original Message----- From: Jorge Bodden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSIDs: broadcast and non-broadcast Jim, Yes, I have run into one particular problem when an SSID is not broadcast. We call it a 'code 18", where the problem is 18 inches away from the monitor. :-) I have found that it is quite difficult for people who do not have some experience with wireless, to set up their wireless devices when an SSID is not being broadcast. You may be asking too much from the general public to force their device to search for the SSID. If the SSID is going to be used by the general then you might want to broadcast it, in order to minimize the calls to your helpdesk. Jorge Jim Gogan wrote: > Quick question: has anyone run into any support issues when some SSIDs > are broadcast and some aren't on a campus? > > -- Jim Gogan > ITS Telecommunications > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -------------------- This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
