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Re: Enforcing Rogue AP policies in dorms

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cal Frye)
Fri Jun 17 10:30:06 2011

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Date:         Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:29:47 -0400
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On 6/17/11 10:21 AM, Johnson, Neil M wrote:
> How do you go about preventing residents from installing their own AP's in
> dorms where you have wireless already installed ?
> 
> What do you do when you find an AP ? Knock on doors ? Disable ports ?
> 
We disable the port. "Extending the network" is against our AUP,
removing network access is the common response, and practically
speaking, it accomplishes the desired goal most of the time without
knocking on doors.

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Best regards
-- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
   Mudd Library, x.56930 -- CIT will NEVER ask you for your password!

   www.calfrye.com,  www.oberlin.edu/cit/

"A greater inducement to folly is excess of power. --Barbara Tuchman.

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