We opted for #1, and created a web-auth open network with the option for xpressconnect from cloudpath to do the configuration pieces for clients. We've had eduroam deployed for going on 3 years now, and its taken a while to get to the adoption level we've expected. It's taken a valient effort between our group and our desktop group to include the eduroam provisioning process as work orders come in for machines.
I think the higher-ups expected a higher adoption rate, but it was certainly slow at first especially since we didn't have XpressConnect right out of the gates. It's taken this long to finally get to the spot where more clients are associating to eduroam than our webauth SSID. Britton Anderson <[email protected]> | Senior Network Communications Specialist* *| Office of Information Technology <http://www.alaska.edu/oit> | 907.450.8250 On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 8:34 AM, 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: > > > 1. 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 ) > > > > 1. 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. > > > > 1. 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/.
