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Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms
From: "Wong, Wilson (HPS Global R&D)" <wilson.wong () HP COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:17:39 +0000
Hello Frank, Curt, Rand and Andrew, This gives me the boundary condition to define the solution space. Thank you very much for sharing the insights and the implications of how solution must pivot to. Wilson Wong Master Program Manager HP Inc. From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> On Behalf Of Andrew Chiarello Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:10 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms I'd like to second making WiFi Direct off by default. Every semester, we go around teaching people how to turn it off, so that it stops broadcasting interfering networks. In general, the support burden of getting printers working on the wireless network is higher than we can sustain, so we tell our students to use USB exclusively. While a few students manage to get their printers connected correctly, the vast majority of them just create problems. Andrew J. Chiarello Senior Network Engineer Bryn Mawr College achiarello () brynmawr edu<mailto:achiarello () brynmawr edu> (610) 526-7966 ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>> on behalf of Rand Hall <hallr () MERRIMACK EDU<mailto:hallr () MERRIMACK EDU>> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 9:55:43 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Most educational networks won't be much different from most corporate networks. If you want to do higher-ed a solid, ship your devices to only use standard channels and have WiFi Direct disabled by default. Bonus points for making the WiFi On/Off button turn off WiFi Direct as well. Rand Rand P. Hall Director, Network Services askIT! Merrimack College 978-837-3532 rand.hall () merrimack edu<mailto:rand.hall () merrimack edu> If I had an hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and five minutes finding solutions. - Einstein On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 2:44 AM Wong, Wilson (HPS Global R&D) <wilson.wong () hp com<mailto:wilson.wong () hp com>> wrote:
Hello everyone, I am a program manager for personal printers. I wish to understand the WIFI environment/policies in dorm rooms for personal printers so we can design a solution that works well in these environment. I have the following list of questions. Appreciate insights. Is a Captive Portal used to access the Wi-Fi network? Is 802.1x used for secure access to the Wi-Fi network? Is "client isolation" enabled on your Wi-Fi network, so that one client on the network can't access other clients directly? Do you have a policy against connecting personal printers to your Wi-Fi network? If 802.1x is used, what type of 802.1x authentication is used. We may need to think about the specific question a bit more but I am thinking we could ask them two questions: Does your 802.1x authentication involve a password, a token (e.g. , USB key), or a certificate (multiple selections allowed) Please provide the instructions you provide to students on how to configure access to your Wi-Fi network (e.g., a web link) Wilson Wong Master Program Manager HP Inc.
Current thread:
- Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Wong, Wilson (HPS Global R&D) (Jul 09)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Frank Barton (Jul 10)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Curt Kappenman (Jul 10)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Rand Hall (Jul 10)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Andrew Chiarello (Jul 10)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Wong, Wilson (HPS Global R&D) (Jul 10)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Frank Barton (Jul 11)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Curt Kappenman (Jul 11)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Mccormick, Kevin (Jul 11)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Andrew Chiarello (Jul 10)
- Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms Frank Barton (Jul 10)