At Michigan we've gone with the 'Provide great wifi all over the place' model because
- It's what the students expect - We know we can provide a better experience if it's centrally controlled - We know we'll get support calls if we don't, regardless of policy. And by providing great wifi we won't get as many support calls On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Philippe Hanset <[email protected]> wrote: > When we did the campus wide Wi-Fi at University of Tennessee back in 2001, > we decided to not cover student housing. > A few years later an inspired CIO, under the pressure of the student body, > asked to provide Wi-Fi in the lobby of each student housing property. > For two years our help desk was flooded with complaints of Wi-Fi not > working in the bedrooms … where we never actually provided coverage! > The SSID branding was extremely confusing with students naming their > private Wi-Fi with the same name as the campus Wi-Fi. > The following year, a budget was provided to carpet cover all dormitories > with Wi-Fi. > > My advice would be either: > > -Provide a great Wi-Fi well controlled all over the places, or > -Provide a half baked Wi-Fi and you will either end up disconnecting it or > finding a magic budget to move to a fully baked solution, or > -Do not provide Wi-Fi at all > > As Lee mentioned, there is no practical in-between. > > Philippe > > Philippe Hanset > www.anyroam.net > www.eduroam.us > +1 (865) 236-0770 > > GPG key id: 0xF2636F9C > > > > > > > On Mar 11, 2016, at 9:11 AM, Lee H Badman <[email protected] > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > Agreed- you either totally surrender the space to an unsupported (as in > ZERO support) network circus paradigm, or you manage it. There is no > practical and realistic in-between. > > Lee Badman | Network Architect (CWNA, CWSP, Mobility+) > Information Technology Services > 206 Machinery Hall > 120 Smith Drive > Syracuse, New York 13244 > t 315.443.3003 f 315.443.4325 e [email protected] w its.syr.edu > SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY > syr.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Sweetser > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Welcome to Bring-Your-Own-Access | EdTech > Magazine > > You can put me squarely in the "hell no!" camp on this one. We already > have > enough problems as it is with printers camping on channel 7, and devices > where > the off button just hides the SSID while still keeping the radio powered > up > and operating. I can only imagine the fun and games that would be > involved in > troubleshooting that kind of heterogeneous, uncoordinated RF soup. > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution > that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > On 03/10/2016 09:10 PM, Trent Hurt wrote: > > Any folks looking to adopt bring your own access policies? > > > > http://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2015/12/welcome-bring-your-own-access > > > Sent from my iPhone > ********** > 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/. > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > -- Daniel Eklund Network Planning Manager ITS/CSDC 734-763-6389 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
