Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Re: Connecting Nonschool issued laptops to your school's network

I would assume from the below that you do not permit Macs or Linux =20
laptops?

Greg
On Sep 25, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Stewart Crais wrote:

> We have a 1:1 program at Lausanne and do allow outside laptops. I =20
> have pasted our policy below. We have yet to run into any security =20=

> problems since implementing this a few years ago.
>
> Requirements for Using Your Own Laptop
>
> If you choose to provide your own laptop, please consider the =20
> following information before making that decision.
> Note: There is a required yearly fee of $150.00 (details below) for =20=

> students using their own laptop.
>
> Minimum Hardware / Software Requirements:
>
> =95 Processor / Speed: Intel Petium-M / 1.5 GHz
> =95 Memory: 512 MB
> =95 Hard Drive: 20 GB
> =95 Network: Internal Wireless 802.11b/g
> =95 Software (provided by Lausanne and included in $150.00 fee):
> o Latest Microsoft Office Pro Suite
> o Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition
> o First Class E-mail Client
> Please note: Because of licensing requirements, all software =20
> provided by Lausanne must be removed when the student leaves Lausanne.
>
>
> Other Information:
> =95 No repairs will be made to laptops purchased through sources =
other =20
> than Lausanne
> =95 A loaner will be provided to your child (included in $150.00 =
fee) =20
> if his / her laptop is not operational for any period of time. =20
> Loaners kept longer than two weeks incur a daily rental charge of =20
> $20.00
>
>
>
>
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> =20
> on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 3:24 PM -0500 wrote:
>> Afternoon,
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>>
>>
>> What is the general opinion of tech director's and network managers
>> regarding nonschool issued laptops to connect to the school's =20
>> network?
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>> Does your school also allow internet access with nonschool issued
>> laptops?
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>>
>>
>> If your school does allow network access, what policies(please =20
>> share)do
>> you have in place regarding support for these nonschool issued =20
>> machines?
>>
>>
>>
>> What prerequisites does your school have for the guest machine to
>> attach? Antivirus, patches, spyware protection etc.?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your assistance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hiram
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>> Hiram E. Cuevas
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>> Information Systems Coordinator
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>> St. Christopher's School
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>> 711 St. Christopher's Road
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>> Richmond, VA 23226
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>> www.stchristophers.com
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>> 804.282.3185 x627
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>> 804.347.2338
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