Hi Sean, I meant to respond to your much earlier. I’ve been meaning to look into a Chromebook myself for testing since they’re quite popular amongst some of our student population.
A quick point I wanted to make out was in a pinch, I used Neverware CloudReady (Chromium OS) Virtual Machine - https://helpdeskgeek.com/virtualization/how-to-install-chrome-os-in-vmware/ – that has been nice for base troubleshooting/GUI assistance. It is limited though – so I’d say it’s good for a “workflow experience”. Limitations * I used this for testing the workflow of SecureW2 Onboarding – and although I was able to complete the enrollment and receive a user certificate – the certificate was greyed out to lacking a TPM hardware chip (which makes sense). Still very useful in workflow testing. * No access to the Android Playstore – not that big of a deal. Although interestingly I found a couple students attempting to use the “Android SecureW2 App” on their ChromeBooks. 😝 – so that’s one workflow I hadn’t quite expected. I then found a co-worker that had an Asus Chromebox CN60 - https://www.asus.com/Chrome-Devices/Chromebox/ProductPrint/ - that’s several years old – but helped me finish my SecureW2 testing. It’s no longer receiving updates though – and it’s a co-workers personal one – so I’ll probably be looking at purchasing one in the future as well. Christopher Johnson Wireless Network Engineer Office of Technology Solutions | Illinois State University (309) 438-8444 Stay connected with ISU IT news and tips with @ISU IT Help on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ISUITHelp/> and Twitter<https://twitter.com/ISUITHelp> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gray, Sean Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Chromebook Suggestions [This message came from an external source. If suspicious, report to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Hi wi-fi peeps! Our ITS department is looking to buy a Chromebook, and I’ve been asked to look into whether there are better ones for testing wi-fi. So before I start trawling the web, I though I’d throw it out to the forum and see what experiences you folks have had with Chromebooks, and if you would recommend any to use for a quick and easy wi-fi troubleshooting tool for our 1st line group. From a high level this will essentially be used as a means of comparison when students bring in their device, so they can help to narrow down the cause of the issue, before potentially escalating to me. Also it would be beneficial if it could host some kind of app that gave them a simple (perhaps graphical) interface showing audible WLANs & RSSI. I realize that one way to look at this is to try and identify the most commonly used Chromebook by our students, so we can truly mirror their experience. So this is something that is being taken into consideration. Thanks Sean Sean Gray | B.Sc (Hons) Voice, Collaboration & Wireless Network Analyst ITS, University of Lethbridge ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
