We also are using wifi door locks by Assa Abloy, on some of our classrooms, with a S2 controller and we also had a lot of issues with the initial roll out. The lock we are using is V.S1. They are early versions of what is now available and we had the same issues. Only 2.4 Ghz, only used WPA2, ran though batteries like crazy, and we found that we could not send a lockdown command to them. If you are planning to send lockdown commands make sure that they will accept them before installing. We have since then started using their POE door locks in order to be able to use the lockdown feature of the controller.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Watters, John <[email protected]> wrote: > We also have the ASSA ABLOY locks. The initial group of locks used wired > connectivity, but a retrofit called for wireless. The initial testing of > the wireless unit went fine (with a lot of phone calls to the support > folks, including the guy who wrote the code; and only did 2.4 GHz). But, it > all worked so the facilities folks ordered several hundred for this dorm. > They got installed and wouldn’t work. It seems that the test unit had a > preproduction version of code that supported WPA2 while the ones that were > shipped only supported PSK. Oops. We bitched about having to build out a > new SSID for them, but did it anyway with the promise that WPA2 support > would be here soon. And, sure enough, it did appear 18 months later (not my > ideal value for “soon”). The locks were upgraded and did support WPA2 > Enterprise (again after a number of calls to their support folks, mostly > for the proper configuration of the locks). Since then we have dropped the > special SSID and use RADIUS to drop them into the proper VLAN. We did find > one other problem along the way – the locks need a strong signal. The fact > that the wireless radio is inside of the door did not help with our > hall-deployed APs. And, the model we have only supports 2.5 GHz. The > facilities folks are now happy and we are no longer having to do anything > special for them. However, they did say that they want to avoid the use of > the wireless version of these locks wherever possible; no batteries or > signal strength to worry about. > > > > *John Watters* > > Network Engineer, OIT, The University of Alabama > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hector J Rios > *Sent:* Monday, November 6, 2017 11:32 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Door Locks? > > > > Like Joseph and Lee, LSU ResLife has been using the ASSA ABLOY door locks > for quite a while. They support 802.1X and we’ve had no complaints. > > > > Hector Rios > > Louisiana State University > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Joseph Bernard > *Sent:* Monday, November 06, 2017 7:52 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Door Locks? > > > > We have a lot of ASSA ABLOY IN120 locks around that seem to work fine. I > will admit to being against the use of them as battery powered wifi devices > to save not having to run data/power, but we've had no complaints. I will > still get on a soap box if you want to use wifi for video on a permanently > installed TV though instead paying for a cable run. > > > > Thanks, > > Joseph B. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 6, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Gregory Fuller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Haven't seen any recent discussion here about wireless door locks. Our > physical access team is looking to install some wireless door locks in an > administrative building. I can see it growing past this building pretty > rapidly and want to make sure they aren't putting in something that is > going to cause us headaches. > > > > They are looking to install Aperio "HUB's" as they call them: > > > > https://vo-general.s3.amazonaws.com/53aee5c6-9690-4c74-a82a-09f1d0f1ec68/ > d0vBYdO5QWWKURZqvp0w_AA%20Aperio%20Family%20Brochure.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId= > AKIAJ3YBR5GY2XF7YLGQ&Expires=1582662909&response-content- > disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DAA%20Aperio%20Family%20Brochure.pdf& > response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&Signature= > 920fJFxmRxXi9vkJ7zrIVHZao9o%3D > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__vo-2Dgeneral.s3.amazonaws.com_53aee5c6-2D9690-2D4c74-2Da82a-2D09f1d0f1ec68_d0vBYdO5QWWKURZqvp0w-5FAA-2520Aperio-2520Family-2520Brochure.pdf-3FAWSAccessKeyId-3DAKIAJ3YBR5GY2XF7YLGQ-26Expires-3D1582662909-26response-2Dcontent-2Ddisposition-3Dinline-253B-2520filename-253DAA-2520Aperio-2520Family-2520Brochure.pdf-26response-2Dcontent-2Dtype-3Dapplication-252Fpdf-26Signature-3D920fJFxmRxXi9vkJ7zrIVHZao9o-253D&d=DwMFaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=4Pt1z80PQIvvfw2j1-oSIA&m=1mLuIb4xSu-qbT9HBp9wm1kt-1Xu2d2eCaNJu1K4PiE&s=NGtMOXMVcRTfc-744yD0uTUwaeMUJgW6e5hCoLFnKiU&e=> > > > > > > This appears to be using some variant of 802.15.4, which has the ability > to run between our 802.11g/n 2.4Ghz channels, but will cause co-channel > interference. I'm a bit concerned that there will be some impact to our > 2.4Ghz clients (we have a ton of them out there still). > > > > Anyone else out there have these or something similar and can speak for > how they work and if there are any issues in your environment? > > > > --greg > > > > > > Gregory A. Fuller - CCNP R&S, CCNP Security, CCNA Wireless > > Network Manager > > State University of New York at Oswego > > Phone: (315) 312-5750 > > http://www.oswego.edu/~gfuller > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.oswego.edu_-7Egfuller&d=DwMFaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=4Pt1z80PQIvvfw2j1-oSIA&m=1mLuIb4xSu-qbT9HBp9wm1kt-1Xu2d2eCaNJu1K4PiE&s=31Kn4wjloTdDdvzp3l60uHiI90ojSoDCs45dDiwcNJ4&e=> > > _____________________________________________________ > > Campus Technology Services will never ask you to email us sensitive > personal information such as a password. Please contact us if you are > unsure if an email is genuine. 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