thank you very much.  highly enlightening.  

Connected by Motorola

Max Lawrence Lopez <[email protected]> wrote:

>One more:
>____________________________
>
>The University of Iowa has a couple of policies (http://cio.uiowa.edu/policy/) 
>addressing this. IT-24 Wireless Networking is the most specific but IT-20 
>Airspace also helps. We also have statements prohibiting "extending the 
>network" in several places including the Operations Manual. 
>
>Thanks, Steve 
>[email protected]
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Max Lawrence Lopez
>Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:47 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Policy
>
>Hello,
>
>Here are a few of the replies that I received:
>________________________________
>Max,
>
>I don't set policy here at Syracuse but I used to run the network group and 
>I've worked pretty close with Lee Badman over the years. 
>
>I remember the early years of wireless at SU when Lee was wrestling with this 
>issue. It was a no-win situation and the only way to get people to stop 
>deploying rogue AP's was to deploy a secure production wireless network, to 
>take away the motivation. Of course, that took time and money.
>
>I now teach classes here at SU focused on wireless and we have been discussing 
>this topic. My understanding of the law is that no University has the legal 
>right to prohibit someone from using an unlicensed radio device as long as 
>that device has been certified by the FCC. The FCC governs the public airwaves 
>and Universities have no authority. However, in the case of traditional rogue 
>APs/routers, a University can prevent these devices from being connected to 
>its network or require users to remove them from its network. Where it gets 
>trickier is the situation with personal Wi-Fi hotspots, which use 3G/4G as a 
>the backhaul. My understanding is you cannot legally prohibit the use of these 
>devices, even if they cause interference on your network.
>
>I have a team of students in my class who are evaluating these devices. We 
>have discovered that at least some of them default to using Channel 2 in the 
>2.4 GHz band. This is a terrible situation if you are using a standard channel 
>plan of 1-6-11. As you may know, the impact of adjacent channel interference 
>(1-2) is actually worse than if both devices were on the same channel.
>
>I just thought I would share my thesis on this topic. I'd appreciate it if you 
>could share any other insights you gain as it would be good background for my 
>students.
>
>--
>Dave Molta
>Associate Professor of Practice
>Director, Bachelor of Science, Information Management and Technology Director, 
>Minor, Information Technology, Design, and Startup Syracuse University School 
>of Information Studies ____________________________________________________
>
>Hi,
>UCR's is here:
>
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> http://fboapps.ucr.edu/policies/index.php?path=viewPolicies.php&policy=400-37
>
>Thanks,
>--russ
>_____________________________________________________
>
>
>Thanks,
>Max Lopez
>Senior Staff Authority for Wireless
>Office of Information Technology
>University of Colorado
>www.colorado.edu
>[email protected]
>
>_____________________________________
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. Scot Prunckle
>Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:55 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Policy
>
>All,
>
>I, too, would be interested in any discussion on this topic.  It's something 
>we may consider as well.
>
>Thank you to all in advance for your comments.
>
>Sincerely, 
>
>
>J. Scot Prunckle
>Network Engineer
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>Office: (414) 229-7206
>Cell: (414) 208-6703
>E-mail: [email protected] 
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Danny Eaton" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:19:01 AM
>Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Policy
>
>I realize this is a month or so behind, but I'd be interested in this as well, 
>if anyone is willing to share.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Max Lawrence Lopez
>Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:59 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Policy
>
>We are looking to revise our wireless policy on campus. We would like to 
>ensure that we emphasize prohibiting Rogue and interfering devices in 2.4GHz 
>and 5Ghz spectrum. Of course we do not want to recreate the wheel, so we are 
>looking to the educational community to see what Wireless Policy you might 
>have in place. Anyone care to share?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Max Lopez
>Senior Wireless Engineer
>Office of Information Technology
>University of Colorado
>www.colorado.edu
>[email protected]
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