Free access to Uni networks? (was Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Swinburne's Wireless Network)

[Joe Hovel]

Hi John,
what kind of traffic (if not Internet traffic)? From where to where? What
"unused" resources???

I don't get it - or do you mean BETWEEN University campuses (like Monash
Clayton to Monash Berwick or Churchill? I don't believe there is excess
capacity within Monash anywhere, and I would imagine that to "overlay" some
kind of "community network" on the Monash Intranet (which is in fact just
part of the Internet with resources locked off via an authentication system
which identifies "roles" such as student/staff/personnel/finance etc.) would
be quite costly for the relevant security systems.
Then, since this is a wireless list, where would you transmit to and from?
the WLANs in Monash are INSIDE buildings....?

Cheers,
Joe
(Monash University, Bendigo Campus)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of John Dalton
> Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2002 11:08 PM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Free access to Uni networks? (was Re: [MLB-WIRELESS]
> Swinburne's Wireless Network)
>
>
>
> Given that Universities are publicly owned institutions,
> I wonder if there is a case for free and open access
> to their intranet?  That is, they forward traffic
> across campus for the general public, but don't allow
> access to the wider Internet, or their own computers.
> The university's own traffic could get priority over
> general traffic.
>
> As far as I can see, such an arrangement would have
> close to zero cost to the University (apart from
> some initial configuration), as it would only be
> using otherwise unused resources.  No doubt the Uni's
> would argue against this on security grounds, but is
> this a valid argument?
>
> The same argument could be used for government departments
> as well.
>
> John
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