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Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide
From: "T. Shayne Ghere" <sghere () FSMAIL BRADLEY EDU>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 13:04:21 -0500
Hello Anne, We do have an open SSID that the students can connect to; however they need to be registered with our own home grown registration system. If they aren’t registered, they can try as much as they want, but cannot connect to it even if they hard code the IP/DNS information in. We made this decision about 2 years ago after we had tested it internally for about 10 weeks. We even had students come in with their own devices and try to get on that SSID, but they were never successful so we felt it safe to roll it out. We’re a complete Cisco Shop, so things might be different on your end, but at one point it was hidden and we had the same issues trying to keep things connected to hidden SSID’s. We won’t support anything registered on this network because it’s a BYOD network, so if you’re using it and having problems, we’re not going to troubleshoot it for you. Take care Shayne *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Ian McDonald *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:54 AM *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Hi, We simply don't support anything that won't connect to the enterprise network (we are an enterprise, after all). I note that there are devices in your list which will connect to an enterprise network (raspberry pi for example), and others that would be better suited to be on a wired connection.. Thanks -- ian Sent from my phone, please excuse brevity and misspelling. ------------------------------ *From: *Wood, Anne (wood) <wood () JUNIATA EDU> *Sent: *14/05/2014 17:34 *To: *SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU *Subject: *[SECURITY] Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Hi, Our Campus Technology Services group has been testing in-house solutions that use wireless devices that do not connect to WPA2-Enterprise networks, such as Apple-Tvs, Rokus, Raspberry Pis, Ubiquiti power/monitoring controllers, etc. We initially set up a test hidden ssid using Mac address filtering to get a sense for how these devices might be connected to our wireless network without causing additional confusion and/or curiosity within our user community. We are finding that several of these devices are not able to maintain reliable connections to a hidden ssid and I have been asked to unhide this network. I am curious if others have made decisions on supporting these types of wireless devices on their networks, why those decisions have been made (to support or not), and any advice that may offered to help guide my decision. Thanks so much! Anne Anne M. Wood Assistant VP & CIO Juniata College CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The materials in this electronic mail transmission (including all attachments) are private and confidential and are the property of the sender. The information contained in the material is privileged and is intended only for the use of the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended addressee, be advised that any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then destroy it immediately. Thank you.
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- Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Wood, Anne (wood) (May 14)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Ian McDonald (May 14)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide T. Shayne Ghere (May 14)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Thomas Carter (May 15)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide T. Shayne Ghere (May 14)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Kitri Waterman (May 16)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Matthew Hodgett (May 18)
- Re: Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide Ian McDonald (May 14)