Wireless Networks - to hide or not to hide

["Wood, Anne (wood)" <wood () JUNIATA EDU>]

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



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