We had to kill the geese to make our quills... :) On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Mike Cunningham <mike.cunning...@pct.edu> wrote:
> We didn’t have printers in college, we had typewriters…… oh crap, did I > just date myself L > > > > -Mike > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Brian Helman > *Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2016 2:50 PM > > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Res hall wireless printing.. > > > > That was our past philosophy .. go somewhere to print it on one of our > units. But that isn’t flying any more. It’s all about convenience, right? > > > > Hey, I had to walk 2 miles in 6’ of snow in September uphill both ways to > get my print outs when I was in college! > > > > -Brian > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ > mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Tony Skalski > *Sent:* Thursday, September 01, 2016 12:40 PM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Res hall wireless printing.. > > > > 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/. > > ********** 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/.
