I've been told one really awful thing about Vista RC2 WiFi: it sees each AP, even with the same SSID, as a new network. There may have to be user interaction as each new AP is discovered. There is an option to merge all the APs of one SSID into a single network, but it is a buried, manual option.
I haven't played with this myself, but as reported, could be less than ideal for campuses with many APs. On 10/31/06 6:53 AM, "Frank Bulk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's also Zwlancfg: > http://www.engl.co.uk/products/zwlancfg/ > > I'm hoping that Windows Vista has better wireless policy and management > support. Does anyone know if 'netsh' exposes more of the zero-config > wireless stuff? > > Regards, > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: Emerson Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Dynamic WEP transition to WPA > > I've got a little command-line tool for windows XP that configures the WZC > supplicant. It is home-grown. Please e-mail me off-line if you would like > to try it. Soon, however, I'll have something that is publicly consumable. > > -Emerson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Moores [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 12:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Dynamic WEP transition to WPA > > All, > > I'm interested to hear any experiences/thoughts on transitioning from > Dynamic WEP to WPA encryption, especially from those of you with "Fat" Cisco > AP deployments. > > I see a few options, none of which I'm convinced is the way to go. > > 1) Announce a cutover date, after which Dynamic WEP will cease to work and > everyone must use to WPA. > > Pros: relatively easy config change, clean compatibility cut off > Cons: potential for a LOT of help desk work that day/week... > > 2) Announce a cutover period, where both operate for a time (using Cisco's > WEP 128 + TKIP migration mode), after which only using WPA. > > Pros: Gives people a chance to reconfigure on their own schedule > Cons: Mac 10.3 seems unable to connect to APs in this migration mode, but IS > fine with just WPA, other clients may also have this problem, not sure what > to do with them during the migration period. > > 3) Deploy a new SSID/VLAN, announce a cutover period, after which shutdown > the old one. > > Pros: Gives people a chance to reconfigure on their own schedule > Cons: A LOT more back-end work, I'll miss our current ssid, go (cavalier)s! > > > Has anyone gone down one of these paths? Come up with others? Any WPA > compatibility horror stories? > > -Keith > > p.s. Switching to a different wireless platform is not an option at this > point, I realize this could be easier with <insert vendor > here>'s amazing product. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keith Moores <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Network Systems > ITC-Communications and Systems Division > University of Virginia, ITC-2015 Ivy Rd Phone (434) 924-0621 > Box 400324, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4324 Fax (434) 982-4715 > > ********** > 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/.
