You don't indicate what you've looked at so far, so maybe you've already
looked into Bradford Networks' CampusManager product. A large number of
boarding schools in this neck of the woods use it. It's actually a product
that was initially conceived with the specific needs of boarding schools in
mind and has grown from there into a full NAC solution. Contact me off-list
if you'd like more info.
Ben
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Ben Schworm
Director of Information Technology
Berkshire School
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Ann Hamel <ann.hamel@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have looked at, read about, and tried a couple of different NAC devices
> and nothing seems to work for our (small) 350 user, boarding school
> environment. Can someone recommend a solution that will:
> 1. Identify all devices on the network - school owned, student, owned and
> rogue.
> 2. Establish that each computer is running CURRENT virus protection (in any
> language as many of our OS come in non-English flavors)
> 3. Each computer is current on security updates and patches.
> added bonuses would be:
> 1. where is the computer physically located (we use subnets, so they should
> help)
> 2. user names
>
> Our first priority in this case is the security of the network. We use
> other means to address security of the students, although we realize that a
> solution might provide us with both. I look forward to your responses.
> Thanks,
> Ann Hamel
> Fountain Valley School of Colorado
>
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