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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    Thanks Steve for you input. The main contractor of this job who originally got us to quote thinks our price is a little high. The whole issue of security does not seem to concern him in the least! I think he now going to hire "a geek down the street" who will probably set them up on a nice...
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    lol @stevech How do you define an "expert"? Remember when loads of "experts" said the banking systems of the USA and Europe were sound. They even wrote some really impressive sounding reports to back up their claims. Remember when medical "experts" testified in the 1950's that cigarettes...
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    Most of their business is done on-line. They are a highly-profitable business operating in internet gaming company area. In their city, they are quite well known esp. among gamers - this might make them more of a target for aspiring hackers. They do not seem interested in an old-school...
  4. K

    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    Ok so what solution do ye guys recommend for authentication?
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    Does the AAA server have to be Microsoft?
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    so what do you recommend to make the wireless network more secure in the absence of an MS domain?
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    A pfSense firewall and WPA2-AES for wireless security. So, how would you authenticate if there is no server invovled?
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    I guess you're talking about two-factor authentication but if there is no server involved...what is used to authenticate?
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    There's a lot of concern here - you didn't mention your role here - in-house employee, contractor, installer, consultant? There's a lot of factors to consider - how many seats, how many floors, minimum bandwidth needs per seat, etc... and with a small business at stake, if you can't answer...
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    >>Authentication is easy just use Microsoft domain account logon information What will this come under in the AP's settings? >> If you overload a AP split an SSID off to another AP. How is this done?
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    Thanks guys for the responses to far. This particular operation does not yet use any physical servers. Most of their work is done online with laptops and desktops. So what authentication does one use (if any) when there are no servers involved? And what would be the optimal use of the 2 x...
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    Gotchas to watch out for....AP installation

    I am about to install 7 X Zyxel AP's in one office building. They are a gaming company. They have two broadband lines from same ISP in building. One router will be used for uploads only and the other for downloads. I have never deployed 7 APs in the same building before. What are the...
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