[OPLINTECH] Secure wifi with password in the SSID

[Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH]

Our wireless internet access for the public is not secure (it doesn't 
require a password, so it's not encrypted). I would like to add a more 
secure option and give people the password by putting it the SSID name 
(something like "CFL secure - password is fallslibrary"), so that the 
traffic on their radio transmissions will be encrypted.

I would be interested to know if any other libraries are doing that, 
and, if so, if you also offer an option without a password. I'm inclined 
to offer both at first and then try taking away the non-encrypted 
option, but I worry that a few devices won't work with the encrypted 
option. Any thoughts on this?

Phil
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Phil Shirley
Technology Services Coordinator
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
330-928-2117, ext. 109
pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary.org