We have been using Bradford Campus manager on our wired network for a
little over a year and have just implemented it on our wireless
network over the summer. Currently we are registering clients which
means that they only are nagged once (our re-registration period is 6
months) for their credentials. Then after they are registered the
system will recognize their client and put them on the appropriate
network. Bradford can also do authentication as well which we will be
rolling out in public spaces on computers that are owned by the
University. All in all it is a very diverse and flexible system that
can implemented many different ways. See responses below.
Chris Chamberlain
Oakland University
Network Engineer
On Sep 11, 2008, at 10:53 AM, John Duran wrote:
Good Morning All,
Who is using NAC (Network Access Control) for wireless client
authentication and posturing?
1) What solution did you select?
Bradford Campus Manager
2) How easily did it integrate with you existing infrastructure?
Very easily, works with many different vendors
3) What is you existing infrastructure and wireless solution?
Cisco l2/l3 with Meru Wireless infrastructure
4) How well has it performed?
Much better than our old Cisco CCA system, it is not inline which is
the biggest benefit.
5) If you had to do it again would you select the same product?
Yes Campus Manger has worked very well, and in the times we have had
issues they have been able to work with us to resolve
6) What were the success and failures of the deployment?
We initially had issues with Meru/Bradford integration but both
companies worked together to eventually work it out.
7) What was the impact on your technical staff to prepare for
deployment?
It has a bit of a learning curve to it, but not unlike any other
product
8) How well does it scale?
Very well we have both our wired and wireless on the same set of
boxes and because they are not inline they seem to scale very well. We
have around 18000 students, 10000 active wired ports and over 300 AP's
9) How are the management tools and maintenance for the solution?
Mangement tools are ok, they use Java applets which aren't great but
get the job done. UI is supposed to get a refresh in the next major
release.
Thank a million,
John V. Duran
University of New Mexico
Network Engineer
ITS/Network Communications/Data Services
Ph: (505) 249-7890
Fax: (505) 277-8101
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