By late March, 2008, campus users will have a new secure wireless access option in addition to VPN access.
Devices that support WPA2 Enterprise (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) will be able to connect to the UM wireless network when the three-month upgrade process is completed. Each of the approximately 100 wireless access points (WAPs) on campus will require upgrades. The cost of the WAP upgrades will be covered centrally, even if a unit originally purchased the WAPs.
A detailed release about the wireless upgrade from CITO Ray Ford is available at http://www.umt.edu/it/news/wirelessupgrade.htm.
This is really a fantastic thing! Several students have come in to ITCentral with their brand new top of the line computers that came preloaded with 64 bit Windows Vista. As of current, these patrons have to be turned away as cisco has not released a compatible client for this OS. This will also supply the growing number of Linux users an easy way to connect to the net.
Someone had a great idea!