Hi Marcelo, Your proposed solution is how we handled it. We have a separate SSID using PSK and MAC filtering. Our web folks made a page to register devices. Students just enter their username, what type of device it is, and the MAC address. I manually handle the entry, because students will sometimes make a mistake in the MAC address or not know what to put there. Some students have problems finding the MAC on some devices, but I have been making guides for the popular ones. Those go up on the website where they register too.
Overall it works very well and I am up to over 600 devices registered in this way. Hopefully more devices will support 802.1x in the future (like the iPhone/iPod Touch do) but who knows. Take care! Matt Barber Network Analyst Morrisville State College 315-684-6053 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcelo Lew Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] gaming consoles on wi-fi? We are getting more and more requests to connect gaming consoles on our wi-fi network. Gaming consoles don't currently support wpa/wpa2-enterprise (they all do support psk), and I have not had any luck finding a wireless gaming adapter that does either. I guess another ssid with pre-share key/ mac-address registration would be an option for now. Could I get some input from the group on how you guys are doing it? And if with mac-address registration, how is the process accomplished? Are students satisfied with the process? Thanks! Marcelo Lew Wireless Network Specialist University Technology Services University of Denver Desk: (303) 871-6523 Cell: (303) 669-4217 Fax: (303) 871-5900 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ********** 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/.
