Like others, I'll throw in my $.02 here and indicate that not just "something similar" but, in fact, XpressConnect from CloudPath has INDEED been very beneficial here on our campus. With the diversity of desktop configurations and systems that we have, the seamless configuration of Windows PCs, Macs, Ubuntu systems, iPhones/iPod Touches/iPads with a single common-interface tool (and great support, by the way) for consistent deployment of 802.1X/WPA2-Enterprise cannot be beat.
Great product - classic example of "you get what you pay for". -- Jim Gogan Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Jethro R Binks Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 5:57 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Alternatives to XpressConnect 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 <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK ********** 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/.
