We haven't seen to may of the basic kindle or the nook for that matter, but after the winter break the kindle fire is everywhere on campus and it is able to use the WPA2 Enterprise network. I'd be very surprised if Amazon went back and retooled the kindle's software so it is capable of using WPA2 Enterprise, when now you can just upgrade to the kindle fire...
Mike -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jason Cook Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 5:47 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Amazon Kindle Hi, Just had our first request for assistance with a Kindle, not an overly popular product here yet but apparently gaining more interest. Of course it just doesn't work with our wireless which I'm sure is quite common and we are not planning to run a PSK network for devices like this. Web auth is also something we have been avoiding to run, mainly around being a less user friendly service and some concerns around security that we have not had time/prioritised to investigate. I was wandering if some of you have chosen to provide a wireless network for such devices and how you go about it? I've included the response I got from Amazon about it, first level support seemed helpful but it's not really up to them Regards Jason -- Jason Cook Technology Services The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 e-mail: jason.c...@adelaide.edu.au -----Original Message----- From: Amazon.com Customer Service [mailto:cust.servic...@amazon.com] Sent: Monday, 30 January 2012 6:47 PM To: Jason Cook Subject: Your Amazon.com Kindle Inquiry Hello, Thanks for writing to us with your feedback regarding the Enterprise wireless networking. I understand that currently, the Kindle does not support Enterprise wireless networking and you have a few kindle users in your University who would like to connect their kindles to your wireless network, Enterprise wireless networking. To solve this issue by the earliest, I have forwarded your comments, expressing the need to have the Enterprise wireless networking support on the Kindle devices, to our kindle department, so that they can take notice of it, take them into consideration and most probably provide this feature as an update in the near future. Your feedback will help us to improve the selection and service we provide and we're glad you took time to write to us. Thanks for your interest in Kindle. Thank you for your recent inquiry. Did I solve your problem? If yes, please click here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/survey?p=A1ESM66RGRY0M7&k=hy If no, please click here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/survey?p=A1ESM66RGRY0M7&k=hn Akash S Amazon.com Your feedback is helping us build Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company. To manage your Kindle and content online, visit: http://www.amazon.com/cs/manageyourkindle ---- Original message: ---- --------------- 01/29/12 21:12:30 Your Name: Jason Cook Comments:Hi, I'm from the Technology Services department of the University of Adelaide. We have a few users with Kindle devices that would like to connect them to our wireless network however our wireless network is Enterprise only and we do not support PSK. The Kindle does not support Enterprise. I was wandering if there is any plans to support Enterprise wireless networking in the future and when that might be? This method of authentication is quite common in educational institutions. Regards Jason ---------------
