We purchased a Cisco WISM and the WCS software to form a centralized wireless network. We are planning on putting it into production during the next semester break. Most of our FAT APs (80+)have been upgraded and are now controlled by the WISM. We currently only have one SSID (no encryption) with all network traffic feeding into out Bluesocket authentication gateway. We plan on setting up multiple networks, one for encrypted access and another for guest access. The question I have is as follows: How do most folks handle guest access? I want to create a guest VLAN and restricted access to the internet only (DNS, HTTPS, HTTP), but is this the best way to approach this?
My users just use their network credentials to access to wireless network, I want to encourage (force) them to use the new encrypted network. My intent is to configure the current SSID to require WPA/WPA2 and create a new SSID for guest access, this should steer most folks towards the encrypted network. Any lessons learned on guest access you would like to share? Thanks Mike v/r Michael M. Williams Network Systems Analyst Information Technology Services Tarleton State University 201st St. Felix Str. Box T-0220 Stephenville, TX Tel: (254) 968-1850 Fax: (254) 968-9393 [email protected] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
