Giles BatchelorNetwork Development & Services Manager

Bring Your Own Device

Overview• Current Situation

– Wi-Fi– Access– Management– Security

• Future Challenges– Printing– Document Access– Security

Current Situation

“We have the basics, and they are well used.”

Wi-Fi

• Moulton Campus comprises 4 sites, approx. 100 buildings

• 2 Wireless Infrastructures– Extricom, 50 AP’s, one site (2009)– Aerohive, 105 AP’s three Sites (2011,2012)

Holcot - Extricom Main Site - Aerohive

Pitsford - Aerohive Management Centre - Aerohive

Wi-Fi is both internal and external

StudentAccess• SSID across all 4 sites• WPA2/PSK Security• Filtered Internet• Access to publicly published resources

– Moodle– Video streaming server– Mahara

• Access to Shibboleth resources– GoogleApps, Journals, etc.

BYOD in the classroom … or not

• Horticulture – Plant Identification• Sport – Video Analysis• Construction – Portfolio Building• Animal Welfare – Behavioural Study

MC_Residence• SSID specifically in residential blocks

and communal areas• WPA2/PSK Security• Filtered Internet (more relaxed)• Support for Xbox, PS3, Steam, Lovefilm,

Netflix, etc.

MC_Guest• Guest access wireless (Aerohive areas)• WPA2/PSK Security & Captive Portal

authentication• Filtered Internet only

Guest access can bring many challenges

Clients of our sports facilities have both successfully used guest Wi-Fi access to live stream their events on the internet.

• Radio controlled car club championships• Regional power lifting events

Management

Security

• Client Isolation• UTM Firewall

– Application Management– Anti-Virus– Anti-Malware– Bandwidth Management– Traffic Prioritisation

Future Challenges

“The Learners want more, and we want to deliver more.”

Printing

• Challenge – To enable printing from as many devices as possible

• Solution – Print management software

• Allows– Web based job submission– iOS device printing

Document Access• Challenge – Allow students access to

their home folder and specialist software• Solutions

– Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) publishing

– Web based document storage

Security

• Challenge – Enhance security, and ability to track un wanted behaviour

• Solutions– PPSK authentication Residence network– RADIUS authentication StudentAccess

network

Any Questions?

giles.batchelor@moulton.ac.uk