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Posted by S. Pidgorny on July 26, 2007, 4:02 am
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options The public access network is quite easy to set up with any modern wireless
infrastructure - use separate SSID with no security, place on a separate
VLAN, route outside of the corporate network. All same access points and
controllers are used.
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>I like #4 -- if visitors don't require Internet access when in your office,
>don't provide it.
>
> But if they do, then my preference is to use a separate wireless network.
> Position this outside your firewall so that it's connected only to the
> Internet. And don't worry about putting any WEP or WPA(2) on it. Treat it
> like a public network at a café or hotel, and make sure your visitors know
> this.
>
> Steve Riley
> steve.riley@microsoft.com
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
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>
>> Forwarded to Security and IE Security newsgroups via crosspost.
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>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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>> Marcus wrote:
>>> I realise this is probably not the right place to ask this , however Im
>>> trying to find out what the best practice is to allow company visitors
>>> to
>>> gain access to the internet.
>>>
>>> Currently we have wired ADSL/SDSL and we have a Wireless network
>>> (WPA-PSK
>>> [TKIP]). The subject has come up on how I should manage Internet access
>>> for
>>> visitors. So I was wondering what the best practice is for this ?
>>>
>>> Options :-
>>>
>>> 1) Give them wireless access (but that would mean giving them our
>>> Wireless
>>> key)
>>> 2) Give them wired access that would mean they require a lead, and are
>>> connected to our main switches and would be assigned ip etc..
>>> 3) Provide them with a laptop and a visitor login
>>> 4) Internet access is not an option
>>>
>>> Any Advice or point in the direction appreciated
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>
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