[Rack] Simplifying wifi

[Jeffrey Carl Faden]

Do it.

People will be kicked from the network if their laptop auto-joins
"noisebridge" (lower case). Requires action on their part. I'm all for it.


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:

> I propose these changes to the wifi networks available in the space...
>
> SSID: Noisebridge - 2.4 gHz and 5 gHz radios
> SSID: Noisebridge 5g - 5 gHz radio only
>
> I would remove all other wifi names. No WPA network because it's
> pointless and gives a false sense of security. It also gives an inch to
> paranoid conspiracy people that think the elites of Noisebridge who know
> the password can get "better" internet.
>
> If a special VLAN network is need, I would recommend hiding the SSID.
> It's not so much for security but to prevent user confusion.
>
> Currently both APs are functioning normally. The one in Church was in
> "locate me" mode which caused it to blink forever, I've turned that off.
>
> I was going to offer to donate another UAP-PRO to the space, but after
> looking over the usage graphs for the past few months it seems like the
> peak usage is somewhere around 50 clients, which these two devices can
> handle just fine. I would install a new device if we were looking at
> over 60 clients each.
>
> --
> Rubin
> rubin at starset.net
>
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