Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms

[Frank Barton <bartonf () HUSSON EDU>]

Wilson, Here is what we tell our students:

1) Turn off WiFi on your printer, Use a USB Cable
2) Talk to your professors and ask them why they aren't accepting digital
uploads to canvas

The problem that we have isn't so much with connecting wireless printers to
the student network (though there are concerns about other people using the
printer without permission), it comes from the students setting up the
printers in ad-hoc mode, and filling the already densely filled spectrum.

My suggestion, if you really want to have printers be useful in dense
environments such as residence halls, would be to ditch the WiFi, and look
at using bluetooth, or possibly even NFC

Frank


On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 2:34 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.
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> 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?
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> Is “client isolation” enabled on your Wi-Fi network, so that one client on
> the network can’t access other clients directly?
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> Do you have a policy against connecting personal printers to your Wi-Fi
> network?
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> 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:
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> 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)
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> Wilson Wong
>
> Master Program Manager
>
> HP Inc.



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