Hi Matt,
Curious, does your "gaming" SSID have any (role based) firewall policies
to ensure that laptops don't migrate to this SSID, or do you not care if
they do?
We'll be facing the same challenge. We have a gaming-unfriendly 802.1x
SSID (WPA/TTLS/PAP/AES) and a captive portal SSID that we're hoping to
make go away, not grow. We'll also soon have many wireless-only dorms so
telling gamers to plug in is not an option.
--Mike
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Michael Dickson 413.545.9639
Network Analyst Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
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On 2/19/2010 2:26 PM, Barber, Matt wrote:
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
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