Re: Personal printer WIFI connectivity policy in dorm rooms

[Rand Hall <hallr () MERRIMACK EDU>]

Most educational networks won't be much different from most corporate networks.

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.

Rand

Rand P. Hall
Director, Network Services                 askIT!
Merrimack College
978-837-3532
rand.hall () merrimack edu

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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.
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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)
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> 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
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> Master Program Manager
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> HP Inc.