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SSID Supression
We suppress our 802.1x SSID to prevent people from connecting to it before they are properly configured. I have noticed 802.1x clients dropping back to our open network on a regular basis. I am wondering if it is because of the SSID broadcast suppression. Perhaps the broadcasted networks look better for some reason and the clients choose to jump. Has anyone else noticed this?
John
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We notice that Mac OS always seems to jump back to our open network unless you manually remove it. On Windows, our connection utility removes the open network so that the students do not continue to use it.
Tim Cappalli, ACMP CCNA | (802) 626-6456
Office of Information Technology (OIT) | Lyndon
» cappalli@lyndonstate.edu | oit.lyndonstate.edu
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We experienced this last year also on macs. We use XpressConnect which has the ability to remove the profiles for the open networks. If you are an Xpressconnect user, there is a setting for the latest build which activates this solution even in the absence of Java. We just completed our opening and it worked very smoothly.
Randall, Can you send me the path to getting to this setting? I haven't seen it yet and I'm running the latest. Matt Matt Pendleton | Network & Systems Administrator University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education PO Box 112100 | Gainesville, FL 32611-2100 office 352.392.2171 x10107 | fax 352.392.6819 | MattP@housing.ufl.edu StrengthsQuest Top 5: Competition, Significance, Individualization, Restorative, Relator - Find Out More Please consider the environment before printing this email. ________________________________
Randall, Sorry for the confusion. I know of that setting (it was one we requested and needed). I meant the removal of SSIDs in Macs. I haven't been able to find it for Macs. Matt Matt Pendleton | Network & Systems Administrator University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education PO Box 112100 | Gainesville, FL 32611-2100 office 352.392.2171 x10107 | fax 352.392.6819 | MattP@housing.ufl.edu StrengthsQuest Top 5: Competition, Significance, Individualization, Restorative, Relator - Find out more - http://www.strengthsquest.com/content/141728/index.aspx Please consider the environment before printing this email. ________________________________________
Randall, Thanks. We have those set but what we have seen at UF Housing and UF Main Campus is that the open networks in Macs do not get removed from the list but instead the 802.1x network just gets moved to the top. With the network still being in the list, they still try to make a connection even if they are at the bottom of the list. Are you seeing the same thing as us? If not, we'll probably submit a support ticket. Matt Matt Pendleton | Network & Systems Administrator University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education PO Box 112100 | Gainesville, FL 32611-2100 office 352.392.2171 x10107 | fax 352.392.6819 | MattP@housing.ufl.edu StrengthsQuest Top 5: Competition, Significance, Individualization, Restorative, Relator - Find out more - http://www.strengthsquest.com/content/141728/index.aspx Please consider the environment before printing this email. ________________________________________
Through our experience with large 802.1X networks, and as a best practice, we do not recommend “suppressing” the secure SSID. For whatever reason various clients, even when they are on the encrypted network, will try to roam away when the SSID is not broadcast.
Thanks,
Curtis C. Reid
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