Just as an FYI, This is the company that developed Autoconnect from IDEngines... So it's very close to that.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Lee H Badman <[email protected]> wrote: > I would imagine they'd offer you a production demo instance to try out... > > -Lee > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of > Peter P Morrissey > Sent: Fri 1/23/2009 4:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Configuration Tools and Cloudpath > > We use them and I would highly recommend them. I answered some of your > questions in line, but I'm sure they could probably answer some of the > questions better than I. Try Bert Kashyap [[email protected]] > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ > mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > On Behalf Of Mark J. Dumic > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Configuration Tools and Cloudpath > > We recently heard about a product called XpressConnect from Cloudpath > that automates the process of setting up laptops for WPA access to > secure campus wireless networks. We currently have a difficult time > with students not following through all the steps required to setup a > laptop for WPA Enterprise including installing the certificate. This > product promised to simplify the task. Is anyone on the list using this > product? If so can you summarize your experiences with it? Would you > recommend it? Some specific questions that I have include: > [PM] > [PM] Yes I would recommend it. They will ensure that the certificates are > set up properly, but of course Apple machines may set up automatically and > bypass those efforts. The good thing is that this product works for Mac and > PC. The biggest problem we run into is when Apple changes their OS and makes > unexplained changes under the covers. This product supports Mac, XP and > Vista. > > Can it determine whether a computer is capable of doing WPA2 vs WPA? > We'd like to auto configure computers for the more secure WPA2 if the > computer is capable otherwise configue for WPA. > [PM] > [PM] Don't know, but I would ask them. > > Can it automatically check for new drivers and patches for wireless > software? > [PM] > [PM] I don't believe so. > > Some people use the built-in OS supplicants while other people use the > software that comes with the wireless card. Can it configure either? > Do users get to choose and/or can we specify the one we want them to use? > [PM] We tell people that they have to standardize on the Windows > supplicant. What it can do is turn off the vendor's driver which is very > helpful. I can't imagine supporting a script for every driver out there. I > would think that would be rather onerous, but it would be cool if it was > possible. We tried writing our own script for all of this and the biggest > issue we ran into was the third party drivers. They take care of this and > will add new ones if and when necessary. > > Can it generate reports on types of wireless cards installed, > supplicants installed, WPA2 capable computers vs. those that are not. > [PM] > [PM] Not that I know of, but I would ask. > > > Are there other products in this space we should consider? > [PM] > [PM] The only other option we were aware of was to use Juniper supplicant. > We looked at it and it was very expensive. I think there may have been other > issues as well. > > Pete M. > > -- > > Swarthmore College ITS staff will never ask for your password, including by > email. Please keep your passwords private to protect yourself and the > security of our network. > > > > > ********** > 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/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
