Is the issue getting them onto your wireless network, or to stop them from broadcasting their own SSIDs?
We try (by providing ~75 follow-me release stations around campus) to get them to use our infrastructure. We tell them not to bring printers. We see their SSIDs in the res, but to date, we haven't spent much time making them turn them off. We trust that they are low power transmitters and that they are only disruptive at short distances. If someone complains about poor performance in the area, and we can see evidence of interference, we will use it to encourage the student to turn off the wireless on their printer. We have no interest in getting them on our network. ajs On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Jeffrey D. Sessler <j...@scrippscollege.edu > wrote: > Have you considered adding more printers in the residence halls, > mitigating any compelling need for a student to have their own printer? > There are a number of solutions out there today that provide air > print/google print (or mobile print clients), making it even simpler. > > > > Basically, you’ll likely spend less to provide more/better > college-provided printing then to engineer a solution for the personal > printers. > > > > Jeff > > > > *From: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV. > EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Brian Helman <bhel...@salemstate.edu> > *Reply-To: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV. > EDUCAUSE.EDU> > *Date: *Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 9:08 AM > *To: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV. > EDUCAUSE.EDU> > *Subject: *[WIRELESS-LAN] Res hall wireless printing.. > > > > Can you tell it’s the start of the new academic year?... > > > > I know we talk about this every year, but here we go again. How are > people tackling/addressing students who want to use their wireless printers > in their dorm rooms? In the past, we’ve told them they have to disable the > wireless and use a USB from their laptop. That’s not flying as well as > more and more people are more and more dependent on tablets, phablets and > phones. > > > > We haven’t thought it through, but one option is to set up a separate, > non-Internet accessible SSID for printers. We’d have to think though if it > should hit the NAC, be somehow otherwise registered, do we care about > security, contain those SSID’s to buildings (and not pass that traffic > between buildings) etc, etc. > > > > -Brian > > > > ____________________________________ > *Brian Helman, M.Ed *|* Director, ITS/Networking Services | *(: *978.542.7272 > <978.542.7272>* > > *Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St., Salem Massachusetts 01970* > > *GPS: 42.502129, -70.894779* > > > > ********** 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/. > > -- Tony Skalski Systems Administrator a...@stolaf.edu 507-786-3227 St. Olaf College Information Technology 1510 St. Olaf Avenue Northfield, MN 55057-1097 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
