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Restricting Wireless Access on Campus?
Diety_in_A_Minor asks: "How would one set up a wireless network on a campus such that restrictions can occur by classroom? My back of the napkin solution would be to relate MAC addresses to class schedules, and have the DHCP server allow access to student-registered MAC addresses only during specific times. Although possible, this solution requires tremendous maintenance. What other solutions are there? One class in a building will require restrictions, while both classrooms adjacent to it need open access."
... is room with metal walls, and screens (like you see on the front of a microwave) to pass air.
1. surround entire campus by 30 foot tall concrete structure with only one point for entry and access.
2. establish three checkpoints that students must pass before entry into campus.
3. at first checkpoint verify that people wishing to enter have a valid student id.
4. at second checkpoint perform checks on biometric data encoded in student id cards
5. at third checkpoint perform full cavity searches to verify that no unauthorized internet access equipment is being carried into the authorized internet access area.
6. expand campus police force, giving them a full array of lethal and non-lethal crowd control devices.
7. instruct campus police officers to randomly search students and verify that any internet access they are engaged in is authorized.
8. construct on campus detention facility. (de-commissioned student union building may be an appropriate location for this)
9. train campus police officers in "moderate physical pressure" techniques for use in extracting information about unauthorized internet access methods used by students potentially in violation of shcool's internet access policies.
and this is only the beginning of an effective strategy. there is much more you could do, but i have to stop and converse with an approaching campus police officer.
Mind you, what do you expect from a country where you can buy a gun when you're 12 but you can't drink anywhere until you're 21?
Two words: faraday cage
Of course, you'd have to shield all of the rooms and then put an access point in every room that could be shut off. But, as long as we're talking about off the wall solutions, I thought I'd throw it out there.