Scenario: RF Design for an Arena area. We can easily design for the known devices we are anticipating will connect to the Wi-Fi. Challenge: How are others restricting connectivity to the Wi-Fi for those devices (e.g. Dual mode cell phones and other Wi-Fi enabled personal devices) that do not have a business need for connecting to the Enterprise wireless network? This number is only expected to grow exponentially in the near future. We are certain no one wants to provide IP addresses for all these devices and accept any potential security risks. Essentially how are you preventing these devices from obtaining IP addresses and associating to the wireless network? This will also create a degradation of service to those that do have a business need during sporting events. We can see the potential number of devices exceeding the APs load threshold very quickly. John V. Duran Network Engineer University of New Mexico Information Technology Services Ph: (505) 249-7890 Fax: (505) 277-8101
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