We have opted for door number 3, Lee. -- Daniel Eklund Network Planning Manager ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers University of Michigan 734.763.6389
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Lee H Badman <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this comes up frequently, so forgive me. We’re at a different place > than we were at last inquiry… > > Syracuse University has become an Eduroam school, and as we speak we have > happy Eduroamers around the world. Woo Woo! > > At the same time, we have yet to roll out Eduroam on our own campus and are > getting ready to in accordance to the Eduroam agreement. We’re trying to > figure out the best model: > > > Retire our own beloved 802.1x SSID, and use Eduroam in its place. This has > no favor with any of us, including our senior IT managers and so is not > gonna happen. (Though I value the opinions of others, not wanting to get > into a debate on this point J ) > > > > Do a targeted rollout of Eduroam, in places where it is likely to be used by > visitors- academic buildings, etc. (So far, I can’t find evidence of anyone > coming to SU and asking for it). This model requires building a new WLAN > group or two and pushing it out to probably 20ish buildings out of our 200+ > buildings. > > > > Go the easy path, and push it the Eduroam SSID everywhere, as an additional > WLAN, and live with the fact that it won’t get a lot of use in most places > and puts management traffic in the air that isn’t generally going to be > used. > > > I can’t be the only one who has stood at this juncture and looked at the > situation the same way. Wondering what others have done between #2 and #3, > and what your level of satisfaction has been for whatever path you took. > > > Regards, > > Lee Badman > Syracuse University > > > ********** 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/.
