Mike,

We are considering purchasing AutoConnect for our needs here at Wofford.
We've heard/seen really good reviews from other schools and have had a
lot of success with our testing of the product on all 3 platforms.
Would you be willing to elaborate on the issues that you have seen with
OS 10.4?  Would you also be willing to share specifics of how your
wireless network is configured (type of APs, type of encryption, type of
RADIUS servers and what supplicant(s) you are using)?

Your input is greatly appreciated.

J. Bart Casey

Network Engineer

Wofford College

 

From: Schomer, Michael J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 10:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Automating wireless configuration on clients

 

We are using AutoConnect from idEngines.  We deploy it though an open
SSID and captive portal, but you can deploy it as a standalone
executable if you prefer.  Using the captive portal, AutoConnect uses
Java or ActiveX to configure wireless settings, so there aren't many
browsers it won't work with.  It works well with XP and Vista.  The
current release is supposed to support OS X 10.4, but in my limited
testing, it didn't seem to work quite right; not sure what the plans are
for 10.5.

-Mike Schomer

-ResNet Coordinator

-St. Cloud State University

 

From: Nathan Hay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:30 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Automating wireless configuration on clients

 

We are researching ways to automate the creation of our SSID on a
student's laptop via a script of some kind.  Our technicians would pop
in a flash drive, run the script from it, and the SSID with the needed
802.1X settings would be created.  This would also serve as a way to
"refresh" the configuration if the student configured the SSID
incorrectly.

 

We need to support XP, Vista, and Mac OS X.

 

Has anyone done this before?  Any suggestions on where to start?

 

Nathan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nathan P. Hay
Network Engineer
Computer Services
Cedarville University
www.cedarville.edu <http://www.cedarville.edu/>  

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