A slightly related question… Has anyone implemented any specific firewall rules for consoles & the ilk, or do you just treat them like any other authorized client?
We also have a dedicated SSID for non-802.1x clients - WPA protected w/ MAC Registration. Note: We also use Aruba w/ ClearPass. In one of our campuses, we’ve implemented a policy change w/ ClearPass that says if the device is profiled as either a “Game Console” or “Home Audio/Video Device”, bypass MAC Registration checks & place them in a different VLAN from everyone else. Users will still need to know the Pre Shared Key in order to associate to the network, but we’ve bypassed the MAC Registration checks for them, making it a little bit easier for their device to get on-line. Wondering if anyone has any specific firewall rules to secure the network against DDoS or other nefarious acts? We’re already denying telnet & ssh, like to know if anyone has any best practices regarding securing a specific Game Console / Home A\V network. TIA, --Raf On 9/1/16, 10:46 AM, "The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Danny Eaton" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: This leads me to ask - doesn't the Xbox and PS4 have wired ports? Why put all that refresh rate traffic on wireless? Why not "strongly suggest" they connect it to a wired port, leaving wireless for truly mobile devices (laptops, Macbook Air, phones, pads, etc.)? If it has a permanent power brick, plug it in. -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Tyler Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Playstation 4 (PS4) Not Connecting to Wireless Brandon, Many games and other devices don’t support 802.1x in case that was the network they were trying to connect to. We created an SSID that allows for mac address authentication. We allow student to register the mac address of their non 802.1x complaint devices and connect to our SSID that supports mac addresses (open network). We have no problems that I am aware of with PS4 stations. Note: We use Aruba with Clearpass. Tim -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon Dixon Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 8:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Playstation 4 (PS4) Not Connecting to Wireless We have been seeing issues where PS4's on campus will not connect to our Aerohive wireless devices properly. Other devices such as Xbox One are working fine, it seems to be isolated to PS4 devices. We are beginning to wonder if this is an issue with Enterprise wireless AP's and I was curious, before we spend more time digging, if others are experiencing issues with PS4 on their campus. (Apologies for the shoddy image quality) -- Brandon Dixon Network Engineer Information Systems Murray State University Phone: (270) 809-3694 Fax: (270) 809-3465 MSU Information Systems staff will never ask for your password or other confidential information via email. ********** 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/. !DSPAM:911,57c83a1e173631581911841! ********** 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/.
