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Re: Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless)
From: Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:49:27 -0500
IMHO, Virginia Tech does guest wireless The Right Way. As an annual repeat customer, I appreciate that the access is relatively seemless for the week that I'm there and yet it is also not "free WiFi" like you might find at Panera or Starbucks. - ken randy marchany wrote:
Guests on our wireless network require a campus "sponsor" who basically approves their request to connect to our network. The sponsor is able to set the times/days of access, enable/disable their wireless "account". The guest account can be reactivated later if the guest comes back to campus, for instance, on a yearly basis. The guest creates their own userid/password, fills out demographic info and has to enter the university sponsor. We don't restrict their access to the net. See http://www.cns.vt.edu/data_guestAccess.html and http://www.cns.vt.edu/data_guestFAQ.html for details. -Randy Marchany VA Tech IT Security Officer & Lab On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Jeffrey Schiller <jis () mit edu <mailto:jis () mit edu>> wrote: I have run into two interesting use cases. The first is the obvious, providing access to people on campus who do not normally have access to our "regular" wireless network (which will soon require authentication, etc. etc.). The second one is the use case where you need guests to interact closely with faculty and staff. For example the laptop of a visiting researcher who is collaborating closely with a particular faculty member (or lab). For example in the lab they may need to be on the same subnet as the affiliated people. Now for a long term visitor, they can presumably be granted credentials and become effectively a part of the community. But there is also the short term (aka a weekend) case. Another way to look at it is that some guests just need access to the Internet while others need access to the network at the institutions and these are subtly different. -Jeff On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Perry, Jeff <perry () ku edu <mailto:perry () ku edu>> wrote: > I am writing to seek information from peer institutions regarding how you > handle guest wireless access. > ... -- _______________________________________________________________________ Jeffrey I. Schiller Information Services and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Room E17-110A Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 617.253.0161 <tel:617.253.0161> - Voice jis () mit edu <mailto:jis () mit edu> http://jis.qyv.name _______________________________________________________________________
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Current thread:
- Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless) Jeffrey Schiller (Aug 11)
- Re: Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless) randy marchany (Aug 13)
- Re: Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless) Ken Connelly (Aug 13)
- Re: Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless) Jones, Dan (Aug 13)
- Re: Do you need two Guest Wireless Networks? (Re: [SECURITY] Questions/thoughts around outsourcing guest wireless) randy marchany (Aug 13)