"Bob Willard" <BobwB***@TrashThis.comcast.net> wrote in message
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| Who Cares! wrote:
|
| > I have a bunch of laptops that travel in areas where there are
wi-fi
| > networks.  We also have wi-fi in the office.  Is there any
software
| > that will allow our laptops to access our network but not any
others?
| > It needs to be fairly robust because we have some reasonable
computer
| > literate users.
| >
| > Thanks,
| > Dave
| >
| >
|
| Uh-huh.  You want to ensure that your road warriors cannot use their
| road tools on road trips.  Do your company cars stall at the gates
| of the company parking lot?
| --
| Cheers, Bob

>> Who Cares! wrote:
>>
>>> I have a bunch of laptops that travel in areas where there are wi-fi
>>> networks.  We also have wi-fi in the office.  Is there any software
>>> that will allow our laptops to access our network but not any
>>> others? It needs to be fairly robust because we have some
>>> reasonable computer literate users.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dave
>>>
>
> The truth is that the computers belong to city employees who rarely if
> ever travel out of the city.  However, there are a number of unsecured
> "hotspots" in the city and we would prefer that our employees not
> access them.  All city access to the internet needs to be through our
> network, not someone else's.  Why?  Well, we had an officer sitting in
> his car downtown log onto an unfiltered network a few years ago and go
> to porn sites.  A resident recorded it through the car window.  There
> is a plan for a commercial mesh network to be installed and we want to
> keep our people off of it in most cases.
>
> Now, can anyone else help?

"Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@HotmailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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| Who Cares! wrote:
| >> Who Cares! wrote:
| >>
| >>> I have a bunch of laptops that travel in areas where there are
wi-fi
| >>> networks.  We also have wi-fi in the office.  Is there any
software
| >>> that will allow our laptops to access our network but not any
| >>> others? It needs to be fairly robust because we have some
| >>> reasonable computer literate users.
| >>>
| >>> Thanks,
| >>> Dave
| >>>
| >
| > The truth is that the computers belong to city employees who
rarely if
| > ever travel out of the city.  However, there are a number of
unsecured
| > "hotspots" in the city and we would prefer that our employees not
| > access them.  All city access to the internet needs to be through
our
| > network, not someone else's.  Why?  Well, we had an officer
sitting in
| > his car downtown log onto an unfiltered network a few years ago
and go
| > to porn sites.  A resident recorded it through the car window.
There
| > is a plan for a commercial mesh network to be installed and we
want to
| > keep our people off of it in most cases.
| >
| > Now, can anyone else help?
|
| Consider using VPN servers and client software combos. You can set
up the
| laptops that can use any hotspot it sees/but ONLY connect to your
company
| network via VPN tunnels.
|
| Won't stop anyone from using additional software on say a floppy or
CD to
| still access the ummm "dirty" stuff, but should mitigate your legal
| liability since someone has to intentionally avoid using the
software you
| provide.

> Thanks for the response, Bob.
>
> The truth is that the computers belong to city employees who rarely if
> ever travel out of the city.  However, there are a number of unsecured
> "hotspots" in the city and we would prefer that our employees not
> access them.  All city access to the internet needs to be through our
> network, not someone else's.  Why?  Well, we had an officer sitting in
> his car downtown log onto an unfiltered network a few years ago and go
> to porn sites.  A resident recorded it through the car window.  There
> is a plan for a commercial mesh network to be installed and we want to
> keep our people off of it in most cases.
>
> Now, can anyone else help?
>
>