Not sure I agree with the "separate certification" idea. Too many of students will still expect their residences to work with just "living room" specification. To many of our faculty expect their classrooms to work that way.
Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology 402.363.5603 *[email protected] <[email protected]>* The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Thomas Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > Well written and definitely on point. Our users think wireless should > “just work”. Roaming, Dot 1X, etc is a foreign language to them. It works > at home with their Linksys, why can’t it work here? They think (and > sometimes say) “the problem must be your wireless network and not my > wireless device.” > > > > Thomas Carter > > Network and Operations Manager > > Austin College > > 903-813-2564 > > [image: AusColl_Logo_Email] > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hinson, Matthew P > *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Trying to get the Wi-Fi Alliance's Attention > > > > Lee, > > > > Good write-up. I found myself nodding in agreement frequently as I read > along. > > > > The biggest problem I see in the trenches of WLAN administration is a lack > of knowledge about the Alliance at all. Their marketing has been so > successful that “Wi-Fi” has become synonymous with 802.11 wireless > networking. I cannot tell you the number of times a user brings a > particular device on our network that can’t do .1X or some other critical > standard. 10/10 times, you can check the Alliance’s database and find out > that it isn’t certified. > > > > Of course, when you explain to them that their device isn’t working, they > immediately default to “Well I’ve never even *heard* of that Wi-Fi > Alliance thing.” > > > > TL;DR: I see the biggest problem as people not caring whether the device > is certified or not, to say nothing of the quality of said certification. > > > > -Matt > > > > Matthew Hinson > > CWAP > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Lee H Badman > *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:47 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Trying to get the Wi-Fi Alliance's Attention > > > > I know self-promotion is in poor taste, but wanted to share this > > > > > http://www.networkcomputing.com/wireless-infrastructure/the-case-for-wlan-interoperability/a/d-id/1318718? > > > > > and encourage anyone of like (or opposing) mind to add comments. I'm told > that the Alliance is at least reading along, FWIW. > > > > -Lee > > > > *Lee H. Badman* > Network Architect/Wireless TME > ITS, Syracuse University > 315.443.3003 > > ********** 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/.
