Hi Bob, On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Bob Williamson wrote: > Management wants an SSID for guests which does not require a password. My > corporate reaction is “that is crazy”. My secondary/new to academia reaction > is “why not”.
Welcome aboard! > If the guests network is completely separated from the internal network, > severely limited in bandwidth, web filtered, protocol/applications blocked > etc. Who cares? The only potential issue I could see is web filtering can’t > stop everything. If you're looking for another point of reference, we take a different stance. Our guests are on the same IP space as everyone else, have full bandwidth available, no web filtering, no url blocking, only rudimentary firewalling (plus port 22 is still open to the world), and access for up to 7 days based on an email address self-registration, up to 30 days with a temporary account available from most clerical staff, or indefinitely longer with faculty sponsorship or more formal appointment. Our director of network services has a great quote on the order of "We didn't spend $'n' million for this network to perform worse than what you find across the street at Starbucks." I encourage my competitors to continue making their networks unusable. Dale ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
