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RE: Portal solution

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 04-25-2024 04:12:53 PM
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Obligatory, with apologies to Randall Munroe: In summary: while there are exceptions, I'm usually only on board for something like this if you have exceptional buy-in that the new portal will fully replace and retire at least two existing interfaces (ideally more). Otherwise, you're spending a lot ...

RE: SpeedQueen Laundry Machines and Gateways

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 03-06-2024 11:56:20 AM
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"Speedqueen + Raspberri Pi + wifi dongle" sounds a LOT like what we have. Thankfully most of our laundry spaces are adjacent to network closets, so I've wired in the device on vlan for that kind of thing and left it sitting on a switch or rack shelf, and they've done well enough communicating with the ...

RE: Wifi 6 deployment

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 01-25-2024 07:44:05 AM
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> "One dorm ... had previously had a wired jack per pillow, but no ceiling positions. ... Unfortunately the existing wall jacks were in corners facing along outer walls, not a useful spot for hospitality APs, so the plan was to pull new ceiling positions with Cat 6A. However, the difficult building layout ...

RE: ID card recommendations/references sought

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 11-10-2023 09:53:25 AM
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We're a similar size, and we don't currently have a vendor-supported unified card system. We use the Paxton-Access Net2 system for our entry doors. I mostly like the platform. However, purchasing the equipment can be awkward, as they claim to only sell through certain licensed installers, and their ...

RE: SSIDs and IoT support

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 08-03-2023 03:14:18 PM
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We also have an open guest network. We have the ability to force a captive portal for specific devices should the need arise, where the owner must provide institutional credentials, including the username, to continue receiving service for the device, and this has satisfied our security policy so far. ...

RE: MFA: Reauthentication Requirements

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 07-19-2023 09:33:42 AM
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We're using 30 days here, and from what I've read that seems to be pretty common. More often is seen as LESS SECURE, because it creates prompt fatigue for users, where they're likely to just pass any authorization prompt they see, even if it's on behalf of an attacker. Joel Coehoorn Director of Information ...

RE: Retiree access to licenses

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 06-12-2023 02:41:20 PM
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From what I've seen, Microsoft will not do this. You have two options: 1. Lie. Continue to list them as active employees, keep their institutional accounts active, and include them when syncing licensing information. Not a fan. 2. Completely pay for the private subscription at the retail price. For the ...

Windows 11 training/transition resources

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 04-06-2023 09:57:27 AM
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We're expecting to deploy our first Windows 11 workstations this summer. Ahead of this, I'd like to curate some material to help users adapt. We'll also likely have a training event or two, but I'm wondering if anyone else can recommend a good resource we can make available to help our users adjust and ...

RE: approach to doing cost/benefit analysis for IT risk mitigation

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 04-04-2023 08:23:34 AM
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We're working through some of this right now as well. The challenging thing about it is putting value around the benefit. Much of this is stuff you hope to NEVER need to use and so if things go well the benefit is 0. But you can't wait for an incident, either. Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology ...

RE: CopyLeaks Integration - API - Jenzebar eLearning

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 02-06-2023 03:13:14 PM
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> they will provide the institution with a base API that can be customized by WebDev to work within the LMS for coursework scanning This is probably an LTI integration. We're using Canvas, but one of the happiest days of my professional career was when we switched from TurnItIn to the Canvas CopyLeaks ...

RE: Wi-Fi Printers - Yay, Nay, Make it Work, Cap Off that Antenna, Risk, and Security

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 11-02-2022 10:51:26 AM
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We discourage them in the residence halls, and we also (like most other schools) extend robust institutional printing support to students to further support this... but the printers are not prohibited. Students gonna student, so there are a few around. Part of the "discouragement" is explicitly disclaiming ...

RE: Print Management

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 10-18-2022 03:06:48 PM
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We track and limit student printing via PaperCut to 500 pages per term. This is enough very few students ever hit it. Rather, it's there as a back-of-mind item so students will reasonably self limit. In theory we could charge the student for increased allotments, but in the 5 or 6 occasions in the last ...

RE: Anyone just said "screw 802.1X" for Wi-Fi?

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 09-30-2022 02:30:00 PM
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We have a completely open SSID in addition to our secured SSID. More students use it than I'd like, but it's really not been a problem. That said, like Dan Oachs we are also exceptionally small... only about 400 residential students. Small enough we've NEVER received a DMCA notice (knock on wood). We ...

RE: Merged Library/IT org

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 08-31-2022 11:00:44 AM
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I've seen a few places that do this, and it always seems strange to me. The library is really an academic operation, even if it uses or provides a lot of tech equipment, where IT tends to be more cross-organization. Maybe the core idea is expanding the library circulation desk, which may already be doing ...

RE: EMF from wifi danger complaints

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 08-25-2022 02:29:48 PM
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We disable the LEDs in the rooms by default and haven't had any complaints since, but we are very small. The students mostly assume they are part of the fire suppression, hvac, or similar system, and don't even realize there's an AP in the room. This is a nice thing to do anyway, as some of those LEDs ...

RE: License-Happy (unhappy) Messaging for Campus Constituents?

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 07-06-2022 07:45:48 AM
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During our last refresh we were at a crossroads with our prior platform, and in evaluating options we gave a LOT of weight to solutions that did not require annual license payments just to keep the lights on for equipment we'll already own. Of course this is separate from support/maintenance agreements. ...

RE: Incoming faculty access

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 06-22-2022 03:17:51 PM
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Our accounts are created via scripts I wrote that look at several fields in our HR data to know when a record is ready for an account. The scripts are happy to create an account just as soon as these fields are set, regardless of start date, but I have four rules around the process: 1. It's up to HR ...

RE: Xiaomi Android 11 does not connect to WLC 5520 (8.10.162.0) with AP models 1815w, 2801i, 9105axw, 9120i and Fast Transition: adaptive

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 06-20-2022 01:17:43 PM
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I know we DID have issues with our platform's 802.11k/r/v equivalent about three years ago. I haven't tried again since, but I've heard good reports more recently from a few others. It's possible both that your WiFi Architect's fears are rooted in real experience and that things have changed, such that ...

RE: Student Versus Faculty/ Staff Accounts

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 05-26-2022 09:37:50 AM
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A. We give everyone an @york.edu address and account with the same first initial + middle initial + last name format for the username, with maybe a 1 or 2 appended for conflicts. I think we have one single 3 so far, maybe two, but we're small. I do make (rare!) exceptions, and our process still involves ...

RE: hybrid employee monitoring

Posted By Joel Coehoorn 04-12-2022 01:04:22 PM
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Side note, but I wanted to respond to this: > Respondus could help with this as it does with students taking exams online. In the same way we're seeing here that employee presence monitoring doesn't provide the assurance of productivity we think it does, I don't believe Respondus actually provides anywhere ...

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