In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, techie writes: > Gack.. sounds like typical state institution mentality..
Well, not *all* state institutions... > Stanford's approach is a bit different. > > To access the Stanford network via wireless, you need to have three things: > > 1. a 802.11b wireless card > > 2. the MAC address of your card needs to be in Stanford's network database, > with the DHCP, and DHCP ROAMING flags checked. > > 3. a SUNet ID (kerberos) We do pretty much the same at UC Berkeley, except we omit step 2. MAC address registration doesn't add much security, and it complicates the setup for new users. (One more thing for non-techie users to get wrong and call the help desk). The wireless subnets are separate from all of the wired subnets. We're using a commercial captive portal system (Vernier Networks) which uses a web-based login. The only client software needed is an SSL-capable browser. Our goal from the start was to be as inclusive as possible, while doing a reasonable amount of access control. -- George C. Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Communication & Network Services 510-643-0496 University of California at Berkeley -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
