Oh, and to answer your other question, this only just went into production, so I can't say how satisfied we are with it yet.
-- Daniel Eklund Network Planning Manager ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers University of Michigan 734.763.6389 On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Daniel Eklund <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/.
