ASU/City of Tempe Wireless By William E. Lewis
Jan 10, 2016
ASU/City of Tempe Wireless
By William E. Lewis
Agenda• Goals for the project
• What has been done?
• Current functionality
• Where do we go from here?
Goals• Easy access to the Internet.• Vulnerability checking of systems before network
access granted.• Limited access for guests/visitors.• Allow ASU affiliates to validate with their ASU
credentials for full network access.• Allow VPN encryption.• Improve security.• Implement quickly.• Community service.
What has been done?• Technology currently employed
– Cisco Access Points• 1200 series AP
• 1400 series AP/bridge
– Cisco Clean Access (formerly Perfigo)• Version 3.3.5
– Provides client scanning before access to Internet.
– Controls the network access based on different user roles.
What has been done? Cont’d• Division of labor:
– City of Tempe provided access to city owned buildings and facilities and helped negotiate access to other buildings not owned by the city.
– ASU provided the installation, hardware, software, configuration, and management of the system.
Current Functionality• User opens a web browser.• The session is redirected to the network logon page.• User enters either an ASURITE UserID or clicks the guest
button.• The machine is scanned by the system (Nessus scan).• If the scan is successful the user is given the appropriate
access for the specific login access.• If the scan fails, they are redirected on how it fix their
access.• Users are directed to an ASU/City of Tempe web page that
gives additional information about the service and/or announcements about events.
Network login diagram
Wireless User
AccessPoint
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Border Router
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Border Firewall
ASU VPN
ASU Servers (bb, web)
ASU Servers (filesharing, print, app, email, etc.)
Coverage Area
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Tempe City Hall
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Tempe Town Lake
Information Technology
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Current Wireless Coverage
Future Wireless Coverage
Wireless Source Building
Other Building
N Future Source Building
A.W.A.
A.W.A.Parking
Where do we go from here?• Expand/fill in coverage of downtown area.
• Implement Mesh technology
• City of Tempe RFP to find vendor to take over free public downtown coverage and provide for-fee coverage of the entire city of Tempe.