Making WiFi Work for You !

Andy ByrneTechnical Consultant, Agile Networks

andrew.byrne@agilenetworks.ie

Andy’s Rules Of Thumb

……It depends !

No more than 30 active clients per Radio

Access Point every 15-20 Meters

AP every 2nd Classroom

Roof mount Access Points

Keep Access Points as close to clients as possible

Turn off 802.11b

Limit No. of SSIDs

Dual Band AP’s

Use Auto Tune (But limit frequency)

ENCOURAGE USE OF 5GHZ

Band Steering

5GHz only SSIDs, e.g. “HighSpeed_Internet”

AUTHENTICATION

Open Access

Pre Shared Key

Web Portal

802.1x

Securi

ty L

evel Active Directory Integration

MSCHAPv2

Server Side Certs

EAP_TLS

Client Side Certs

Mobile Device Management

MS Group Policy

On boarding

HTTP

MSCHAPV2

Computer Authentication

Windows Laptop

Windows Slates

Windows Phones

User Authentication

Apple Devices

Android

PUBLIC / PRIVATE NETWORK

Private

Trusted Users

Public

Untrusted Users

Internet Only

PROXY SERVICES WITH MOBILE DEVICES

Proxy Issues

Apple & Android

Configuration

OS Version

Accounts sync

mDNS ; Airprint / Airplay

Additional Slides

CLIENT AUTHENTICATION

SITE PLANNING

FREE WIRELESS TOOLS

inSSIDer

Ekahau HeatmapperAruba Utilities

Xirrus WiFi Inspector