You could also no broadcast the SSIDs, but this could cause problems depending on the client devices and has fallen out of favor as control mechanism.
Heath Barnhart Asst. Sys/Net Administrator Informations Systems and Services Washburn University ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason Appah <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:34 pm Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Design for Arenas To: [email protected] > 802.1x or MAC filtering, or both... In a previous life I supported > wirelessfor a large manufacturer with myriad dumb devices (thatis > devices that > couldn¹t do 802.1x) so we did a mix an SSID that did MAC filtering > for DUMB > devices and a SSID for 802.1x > > > On 12/10/08 3:30 PM, "John Duran" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > ********** 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/.
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