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| - | ======= Infrastructure Working Group ======= | ||
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| - | ==== Mission: ==== | ||
| - | To create a robust, reliable, wireless and wired network at LMN for members, guests and space owned equipment. | ||
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| - | === Working Group Members: === | ||
| - | * [[user:zimmer62:start|Joe Zimmerman]] | ||
| - | * [[user:tim:start|Tim Schmidt]] | ||
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| - | === Considerations: === | ||
| - | * The network must be easy to use | ||
| - | * The configuration must be accessible, and understood by more than one member | ||
| - | * The guest network must be separated from the members network | ||
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| - | === Questions that need to be addressed: === | ||
| - | (Educated guesses are okay here) | ||
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| - | - How many machines live in the space? | ||
| - | * Can any of these machines be hard wired? | ||
| - | - How many members will be connecting at one time? | ||
| - | - How many guests might be connecting at one time? | ||
| - | - How big of a space will each access point cover reliably? | ||
| - | - What kind of environmental problems will we be challenged with? | ||
| - | * metal stud walls | ||
| - | * concrete walls | ||
| - | * large metal machines | ||
| - | * electrically noisy machines | ||
| - | * etc. | ||
| - | - What kind of throughput would we like to provide on our network? | ||
| - | * With consideration to internet speeds vs internal network speeds | ||
| - | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac|802.11AC]] / [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n-2009|802.11N]] / [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11g-2003|802.11G]] / [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11b-1999|802.11B]] | ||
| - | - What is our realistic max budget? | ||
| - | - Will we need a smart switch or wired router of some sort with manged firewall? | ||
| - | - Can we provide a wireless guest network that is completely firewalled from the wireless and wired network using the same access points. | ||
| - | - Can we prevent guest users from plugging in a machine into a wired connecting and being on the private network? | ||
| - | - Can we allow them to be on the guest network until providing the mac address or something to an authorized private network list? | ||
| - | - Can / Should this authenticate with LDAP and give each LMN member an account in a central location that can be used for various services? | ||
| - | - Can the guest network be dumped to an Intro to LMN page and have free roam on the LMN wiki without any extra authentication? | ||
| - | - Will we allow VPN connections from outside the building into the member only network? | ||
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| - | === Items to research: === | ||
| - | * [[http://www.packetfence.org/|PacketFence]] | ||
| - | * What can PacketFence do? | ||
| - | * BYOD - Let people bring their own devices | ||
| - | * Provide guest access | ||
| - | * Role-based access control | ||
| - | * Perform compliance checks | ||
| - | * Eliminate malware | ||
| - | * Simplify network management | ||
| - | * WiFi offload / hotspot | ||
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| - | * [[https://www.ubnt.com/unifi/unifi-ap-ac/|Ubiquiti Network UniFi-AC]] | ||
| - | * Suggested by a network admin of a small community college | ||
| - | * Cost is around $700 for a 3 pack of routers | ||
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