> > 1) Do you allow guests on your wireless network? > Yes > a. If you allow guests, what steps do they need to take to gain > access to the network (eg. sponsorship, MAC registration, open network)? > We do have eduroam. But allow for creation of sponsored guest wireless accounts - these will work both on an open - captive portal ssid and our 802.1x ssid
b. If you require sponsorship or device registration, can you explain > the process or give me a pointer to your policy? For short term - any Full Campus user can login to a website to create a temporary wireless account - up to 7 days.. with a few renewals. For longer stays there are policies/paperwork to create a temporary university affiliate - which grants the user an actual university account for their duration. > 2) Is your wireless network completely open in any part of your campus > (eg. Library, student center, event spaces, athletic fields, etc.)? We still have an open ssid that exist everywhere. for legacy devices and a catchall for users not willing to setup 802.1x. But all wireless access requires a user to authenticate to get access to the network. We are looking to use txt messages... etc for more self-registration... and hopefully start restricting our open ssid so that its only informational with connection instructions and to get guests self registered / auto-provisioned On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Tim Cappalli <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) Yes > > a. Register with an email address and cell phone number. We are > planning to add sponsorship for the fall. We block students, faculty and > staff from guest. > > b. n/a > > 2) Guest network is available everywhere and is open > > > > > > *Tim Cappalli* | ACCP / ACMP / CCNA > Network Engineer | Brandeis University > [email protected] | (617) 701-7149 > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Alexander, David > *Sent:* Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Guest Network Access Policy > > > > We have had a policy in place for several years requiring guests to be > sponsored by an employee in order to use our wireless network. There are > two types of sponsorship – short term (5 days) and long term (30 days). In > addition, sponsored guests must register their network devices via MAC > address registration to gain access to the network. > > > > Our guest wireless implementation has caused some issues with public areas > like our student center and event spaces which host groups of people who > require network access, and the identity of the guests isn’t always known > in advance. > > > > I wanted to know about guest network access policy at other schools, and > I’d appreciate your feedback on the following questions: > > > > 1) Do you allow guests on your wireless network? > > a. If you allow guests, what steps do they need to take to gain > access to the network (eg. sponsorship, MAC registration, open network)? > > b. If you require sponsorship or device registration, can you > explain the process or give me a pointer to your policy? > > 2) Is your wireless network completely open in any part of your > campus (eg. Library, student center, event spaces, athletic fields, etc.)? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > ********** 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/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
