Re: Gaming Devices on the Network

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

Franklin, Elliott wrote:

> Now that we have implemented Cisco Clean Access in our residence halls,
> we are receiving many questions/complaints from both students as well as
> Residence Life staff about our policy on gaming devices such as
> PlayStation 2 and X-Box consoles.  Unless these devices have a built-in
> web browser, or the user has a router and authenticates another device
> behind that router, they will not be able to play Internet games on
> these devices.  We are looking for what other universities are doing in
> regard to this.  We would like to address this issue in our Network Use
> policy.

What I've heard people do, with the X-Box at least, is change
the X-Box MAC address to be the same as the PC mac address,
then register the PC and the X-Box will work. I seem to
remember the procedure is in an X-Box FAQ somewhere.


--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer
James Madison University
www.jmu.edu/computing/security