Hunter, You are correct. I was comparing 802.1X without a Web portal (A la eduroam) to a Web based SSID with a portal and a timeout. (which is what I have seen in buses with Wi-Fi very often) Many OSes will not switch your Internet routing in your phone to Wi-Fi unless access to the Internet is detected. The unfortunate Splash page, in this case, could be the saving grace to unwanted “join” while the bus is moving along.
I guess for this particular case, it might be a “good” idea to have a splash page for eduroam :( Wi-Fi doesn’t seem to be a good idea for this kind of Mobile Connectivity in a urban area (it seems fine for a highway, or a rural area) There was another famous story like that with a Campus in London located right above the subway… and believe it or not, the campus AP next to the subway would seen tons of authentications every time a train was stopping, depleting DHCP leases on the guest network. Same problem, different moving targets :) Philippe Philippe Hanset, CEO www.anyroam.net www.eduroam.us +1 (865) 236-0770 GPG key id: 0xF2636F9C > On Aug 17, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Hunter Fuller <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:45 PM Philippe Hanset > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I wouldn't use 802.1X for that project, and that is coming from the eduroam > guys :( > > if using 802.1X (eduroam or local) in the bus… even people with decent data > plans that could use their own will automatically join your hotspot since > Wi-Fi is usually preferred by devices, making it > not so usable for the people who really need it. Those people will have to > manually disable Wi-Fi to force their device on LTE. > > Philippe - I'm not sure about the association between 802.1X and this > problem. Seems to me like any popular SSID would have the same issue, no? If > it is a bus full of students, they would all automatically associate, 802.1X > or not, right? > -- > > -- > Hunter Fuller > Network Engineer > VBH Annex B-5 > +1 256 824 5331 > > Office of Information Technology > The University of Alabama in Huntsville > Systems and Infrastructure > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss <http://www.educause.edu/discuss>. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
