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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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-=== How YOU can help: === 
-== Please feel free to edit this wiki page, or send a message to members@lansingmakersnetwork.org == 
-  * Help answer some of the questions below. 
-  * Tell us your needs or concerns. 
-  * Join this working group! 
-    * To do that, edit this wiki page add your name, and send a message to members@lansingmakersnetwork.org. 
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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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-=== Current Setup: === 
-  * SSID: LansingMakersNetwork 
-  * Password: Written on the wall in many places around the space 
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-If you see any of these access points with the light showing anything other than a solid Green, it would be helpful if you can report that here and the members list. 
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-Please do not plug in any additional access points without asking the members list and consulting this working group. 
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-=== Change Log: === 
-9/14/2015 upgraded firmware on all three AP's from 3.2.5.2791 to 3.2.12.2920 ​ 
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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?​ 
-  - How will we allow for VPN connections from outside the building into the member only network? 
-  - How will we allow for members to run servers using static or dynamic IPs? 
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-=== Items to recommend: === 
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-  * Ubiquiti Networks UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System UAP-3 (Pack of 3) 
-    * Pros: 
-      * Under $200 for 3 pack, but only supports 2.4ghz 
-      * These come with power injectors. 
-    * Cons: 
-      * only supports 2.4ghz 
-    * Info: 
-      * [[https://​www.ubnt.com/​unifi/​unifi-ap/​|Manufacturer Link]] 
-      * [[http://​www.amazon.com/​Ubiquiti-Networks-UniFi-Enterprise-System/​dp/​B005EORRBW/​ref=sr_1_1?​ie=UTF8&​qid=1438804839&​sr=8-1&​keywords=UAP-3|Amazon $192.76]] 
-      * NOT 802.1af (48v) compatible -- from amazon review. ​ need more info if that matters or what it means? 
-    * Additional Equipment needed: ​ 
-      * We will need a cheap switch, or switch with POE injeciton 
-      * Cat6 wire to install 
-      * Cat6 termination ends 
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-  * Ubiquiti TS-8-PRO ToughSwitch 8 Port Advanced Power Ethernet Controllers 
-    * Pros: 
-      * 24V/48V Passive PoE 
-      * 8 Ports 
-    * Info: 
-      * [[http://​www.amazon.com/​Ubiquiti-TS-8-PRO-ToughSwitch-Advanced-Controllers/​dp/​B00CXU1NHY/​ref=pd_sim_147_5?​ie=UTF8&​ 
-refRID=1WEN598N7N6TPV4Y7C3W|Amazon $178.90]] 
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-OR 
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-  * Ubiquiti TS-5-POE TOUGHSwitch 5 Port Advanced Power Ethernet Controllers 
-    * Pros: 
-      * Price 
-    * Cons: 
-      * 24V Passive PoE Only 
-      * Only 5 Ports 
-    * Info: 
-      * [[http://​www.amazon.com/​Ubiquiti-TS-5-POE-TOUGHSwitch-Advanced-Controllers/​dp/​B00CXTK90W/​ref=pd_sim_147_1?​ie=UTF8&​refRID=1WEN598N7N6TPV4Y7C3W|Amazon $82.59]] 
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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 
-      * Tim Schmidt has stated he has set it up at home before 
-      * A friend of Joe Zimmerman'​s uses this at a small community college (he says "​It'​s Awesome"​) 
-      * A [[http://​www.packetfence.org/​download/​zen.html|LiveCD called ZEN (Zero Effort NAC)]] is availble and we would like to test it out. 
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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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-  * Shielded vs Unshielded Cat6 
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-TODO: add links and research 
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-  * POE switch for access points 
-    * What is 802.1af ​ 
-    * Ubiquiti TS-8-PRO ToughSwitch 8 Port Advanced Power Ethernet Controllers 
-    * Ubiquiti TS-5-POE TOUGHSwitch 5 Port Advanced Power Ethernet Controllers 
-  * Additional RJ45 ports in the space 
-    * It was requested a port be added near the Coder Farm area.