We did a small project consisting on 1 auditorium about 300 users. Our setup was AP's in auditorium, through Bluesockets to LDAP server. We created a web-page that would allow the teacher to login and turn wireless on and off for his/her users.
This scenario allowed adjacent rooms to still function (share bandwidth without creating holes) without "shutting off" the AP or radios. It worked great...but, The problem wasn't so much "could it be work" but one of "should it" and how the systems on the back were taxed. First there was the programming for every class, room, building, time, Bluesocket to subnet...(you get the picture). (This would allow us to disallow access only to the appropriate people in the building of the class.) Then once the submit button was pressed all the LDAPS had to change user roles and all the users had to be checked to see if they were "online" and if so kicked off. Then users would try to login again and get a screen that said the teacher said it was off for this class. It became an issue of should you use technology to fix a social or (you fill in the blank) issue and it was much easier to politely ask the teacher to police their class. We are finding that over time teachers seem to become less concerned about hearing a lot of machines clicking (keyboards) and that more students are coming with "tablet like" computers and use their own handwriting. It makes it much easier for them to take notes when they see the exact same .ppt and can circle items just like the professor did. -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John York Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 2:29 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom I can imagine a student sitting outside the classroom before class, typing feverishly to get the *big assignment* completed in time to turn in. Then, at the minute class starts, the wireless boots him. The screams could be quite impressive... John > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Gillett > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:55 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes > Wireless From Classroom > > One of our use-case scenarios was to see if we could give > instructors > the option to say "Students enrolled in course XXX section YYY may not > log onto the AP(s) *that cover the location where that section meets* > while the class is in session". > We have not actually been able to implement this with our current > wireless/IDM/scheduling implementations, but it remains a scenario we > can see being asked to support someday. > > David Gillett > > ********** 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/.
