On Fri, 16 Apr 2010, Kevin Ehlers wrote:
> We're looking at deploying WPA/WPA2 and we think that something similar
> to XpressConnect from CloudPath would be very beneficial. However, in
> searching I have been unable to determine if there are any vendors
> offering a similar service. Does anyone know of a competitor to
> CloudPath in this area?
>
> Our current options are 1) writing our own application + all of the
> benefits and drawbacks that go with a homegrown solution, and 2) a
> vendor supported tool to configure client's machines.
>
> Any suggestions or alternatives are welcome.
To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:49:58 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Automating WPA Setup
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010, Julian Y. Koh wrote:
> At 10:38 AM -0600 3/9/10, Williams, Mr. Michael wrote:
> >We have tutorials available for our users, but our helpdesk folks still
> >have to spend a lot of time manually configuring the wireless supplicant
> >for some of our less tech savvy users. Does anyone have a solution to
> >this problem?
>
> Here at NU, our Technology Support Services coded up a Windows utility that
> we use for this purpose.
>
> <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/oncampus/wireless/wireless-connections/>
Here's another tool that might be of interest:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/su1x/
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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