Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms

[Frank Barton <bartonf () HUSSON EDU>]

Wilson, I can only speak for myself, but I imagine that other feel the same
way: Thank you for asking! even though we didn't directly answer the
questions that you posted. I wish that other vendors would work with us to
help make their products more usable for our common users.

Frank

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Wong, Wilson (HPS Global R&D) <
wilson.wong () hp com> wrote:

> Hello Frank, Curt, Rand and Andrew,
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> This gives me the boundary condition to define the solution space.
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> Thank you very much for sharing the insights and the implications of how
> solution must pivot to.
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> Wilson Wong
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> Master Program Manager
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> HP Inc.
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> *On Behalf Of *Andrew Chiarello
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:10 PM
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> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in
> dorm rooms
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Andrew J. Chiarello
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> Senior Network Engineer
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> Bryn Mawr College
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> achiarello () brynmawr edu
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> (610) 526-7966
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> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> on behalf of Rand Hall <
> hallr () MERRIMACK EDU>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2018 9:55:43 AM
> *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in
> dorm rooms
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> Most educational networks won't be much different from most corporate
> networks.
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> 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.
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> Rand
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> Rand P. Hall
> Director, Network Services                 askIT!
> Merrimack College
> 978-837-3532
> rand.hall () merrimack edu
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> If I had an hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining
> the problem and five minutes finding solutions. – Einstein
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> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 2:44 AM Wong, Wilson (HPS Global R&D)
> <wilson.wong () hp com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
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> > 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.
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> > Is a Captive Portal used to access the Wi-Fi network?
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> > 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.



-- 
Frank Barton
Security+, ACMT, MCP
IT Systems Administrator
Husson University