Making the wireless-login situation even worse is that the official
instructions for this at wireless.msu.edu are wrong, so we can't even point
users to a proper set of instructions when they want to know the official
procedure.
Those instructions tell you that in order to register you should just browse
to http://wireless.msu.edu and you will be prompted to log in. This is
completely false; if an unregistered wireless user browses to this address,
it just opens normally in their browser, with no login prompt and no
instruction or link to help them log in.
I reported this last fall and the instructions still haven't been corrected.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hoort, Brian
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:57 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] DHCP and Mobile Campus Users Woes
>
> Doug, Jeffrey:
>
> I'd like to make a comment responding to how we find MSU's WiFi
> burdensome: often our faculty or staff boot up their
> computers just for their e-mail client, which fails. At this
> point our craftier users try opening a web browser, which
> works as their homepage is set to MSU. At this point we
> usually get a support call that their e-mail isn't working.
> In the worst cases, they've already changed configuration
> settings in their e-mail client, further complicating the
> support call.
> We first confirm their computer is connected to WiFi, and not
> connected to MSU-WiFi-Guest (another frequent problem). Next
> we tell them to fire up their browser, and it of course works
> to an MSU page. At this point the client argues with us that
> they've already done this and the problem is their e-mail.
> We have to explain that they have to surf off-campus to get
> the redirect. This is one of those odd instructions that
> users find completely random and unable to see the logic in
> it, find it difficult to remember. We tend to get this same
> issue called in repeatedly from the same person before they
> get the hang of it. It would be far simpler to explain from
> the beginning, and would reduce the number and length of our
> support calls if WiFi users were immediately redirected to
> login, regardless of where they are surfing to.
>
> PS. Even better, we wish it were on a 90-day (how about 30?)
> timeout like wired-campus, but I believe that issue has
> already been discussed here once in the past, so I'll be mum
> on that point.
>
> Brian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MSU Network Administrators Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Doug Nelson
> > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 5:25 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] DHCP and Mobile Campus Users Woes
> >
> > Since I run the DHCP service, including its registration piece, I
> > would like to better understand what makes this a
> burdensome process.
> >
> > Doug
>
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