General network access policies
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:52 am
I am a the new Stake Technology Clerk, and I'm trying to get a feel for existing policies and practices regarding member access to the wireless networks in the Stake. Each building in our stake has some wireless coverage, and the wireless keys are posted in every ward clerk's office, so they aren't secret, but not necessarily shared with the members at large.
I've been approached by a few people in the stake about improving wireless coverage for use in teaching lessons in the auxiliaries. I teach Gospel Doctrine in my ward, and I've quite often wished I had Internet access in class to access the exhaustive resources at LDS.org for my lessons.
My plan would be to use the excellent Ubiquity Unifi APs to blanket the classroom areas of the buildings usable wi-fi. These APs cost about about as much as a Linksys AP/Router you'd get at staples, come with PoE injectors, and allow Wi-fi clients to jump seamlessly between APs so you can cover the whole building with a single network (and WPA key). The trouble is they are ceiling mounted, so they would be visible in the hallways. They look like a white smoke detector, but with a greater diameter.
So I'd like to ask you all:
1) Where can I go to find out about official policies on Internet access?
2) What are some of your units doing about the access issue? Have you opened it up for classroom access? Is it simply up to the Stake President?
3) Has anybody else used these Ubiquity radios, or anything else that is mounted visibly?
I'm sure I'll have to contact the FM group for a final answer on the mounting issue, but I'd be interested to know how others have approached these issues.
Thanks!
I've been approached by a few people in the stake about improving wireless coverage for use in teaching lessons in the auxiliaries. I teach Gospel Doctrine in my ward, and I've quite often wished I had Internet access in class to access the exhaustive resources at LDS.org for my lessons.
My plan would be to use the excellent Ubiquity Unifi APs to blanket the classroom areas of the buildings usable wi-fi. These APs cost about about as much as a Linksys AP/Router you'd get at staples, come with PoE injectors, and allow Wi-fi clients to jump seamlessly between APs so you can cover the whole building with a single network (and WPA key). The trouble is they are ceiling mounted, so they would be visible in the hallways. They look like a white smoke detector, but with a greater diameter.
So I'd like to ask you all:
1) Where can I go to find out about official policies on Internet access?
2) What are some of your units doing about the access issue? Have you opened it up for classroom access? Is it simply up to the Stake President?
3) Has anybody else used these Ubiquity radios, or anything else that is mounted visibly?
I'm sure I'll have to contact the FM group for a final answer on the mounting issue, but I'd be interested to know how others have approached these issues.
Thanks!