Has anyone tried this using an ethernet connection instead of wireless?

Michael Dickson
Network Analyst
Office of Information Technologies
University of Massachusetts Amherst



On Mar 20, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Brian Helman <[email protected]> wrote:

> We toyed around with the new Bluetooth configuration and found it to be as 
> inconsistent as WiFi.  We need to take a closer look at this, but it appears 
> the AppleTV is extremely susceptible to broadcast traffic (ironic, isn’t it). 
>  Testing when students were on spring break went flawlessly.  Re-testing when 
> they returned .. no so good.
>  
> -Brian
>  
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Watts
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:47 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Discover Apple TV over Bluetooth
>  
> I was referring to the logical positioning on the network. I'm assuming a 
> scenario wherein you want Bluetooth discovery to work but want to limit who 
> can connect once discovered. 
> 
> -- 
> Jason Watts
> Pratt Institute, Academic Computing
> Senior Network Administrator
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> On Mar 19, 2014, at 8:10 AM, "Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services)" 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> The easier solution is to turn off Bluetooth on the Apple TV. 
> Of course, this will not work if you are using a Bluetooth keyboard with the 
> Apple TV.
> 
> Bruce Osborne
> Network Engineer - Wireless Team
> IT Network Services
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Watts [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Discover Apple TV over Bluetooth
> 
> Tim,
> 
> That seems fairly clean based on the fact that the user authentication is 
> done at the AP and isn't needed past that.
> 
> Does the way Airgroup works make this automatically apply to people locating 
> the ATV via Bluetooth, as in, does the Airgroup policy or control 
> automatically filter all traffic to devices for which a user is not 
> authorized? Or does it just prevent the client from getting service 
> announcements from the serving device?
> 
> BTW, I'm realizing as I think this through that as long as you have a way to 
> apply ACLs separately to students/faculty/staff and you keep your ATVs in a 
> specific VLAN from which student, but not faculty traffic, is blocked then 
> the point about authenticating at the ATV is moot.
> 
> Even if they can "see" it with Bluetooth if you position the ATVs out of 
> student reach on the network then you have no issue.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jason Watts
> Pratt Institute, Academic Computing
> Senior Network Administrator
> 
> 
> Tim Cappalli wrote:
> 
> We're doing this with AirGroup.
>  
>  
> Tim Cappalli  | CWNA / ACCP / ACMP / CCNA
> Mobility Engineer  |  Brandeis University
> [email protected] | (617) 701-7149
> @tcappy0707 | linkedin.com/in/timcappalli/
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Brisson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 1:49 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Discover Apple TV over Bluetooth
>  
> While I agree that Radius authentication would be a nice option, getting
> Apple to add an enterprise feature like that is probably pushing it for a
> "consumer" device.  I'm just happy they added in Enterprise 802.1x for
> wireless.
>  
> :)
>  
> -dan
>  
>  
> Dan Brisson
> Network Engineer
> University of Vermont
>  
> On 3/18/14, 11:44 AM, Jason Watts wrote:
> I don't know if it's the feature Tony mentions but there is a PIN
> feature that is essentially like an OTP that can be used as a barrier
> to entry.
>  
> When Airplay is started the ATV displays the PIN on screen and it must
> be entered at the device before connecting. I believe it changes each
> time.
>  
> Only issue is that it displays on the screen. If you have a fast
> student with mischief on their mind then I suppose it is still a
> problem.
>  
> For the record, I agree, having the Airplay service be able to be
> authenticated against Radius or the like would be ideal so that only
> certain user roles could connect to certain ATVs.
>  
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