SSID - RBC-INTERNET
Due to the nature of this wireless service - it is an ad-hoc college service for personal devices with no SLA, there are no guarantees of service or performance
With over 300 users/devices connected to this service at any moment in time, certain limitations are applied to ensure fair usage - known as QOS (quality of service).
These include:
- requiring all users to login (using their college SSO details) - which is a legal requirement
- automatically signing out when a device is switched off/disconnects, but allowing web credentials to be cached for fast reconnect when switched back on
- limiting each session to a maximum of 8 hours, which can be extended by logging in again
- limiting the number of devices that a user can connect simultaneously, but allowing users to switch between devices at anytime
- limiting the available bandwidth per device to 4Mbs* for normal http(s) web browsing protocols
- heavily restricting the available bandwidth for P2P and updating protocols
- restricting access to only known, safe and appropriate websites - web filtering
- blocking all suspicious activity - AV, malicious and botnet activity
All the above are designed to ensure that each user has fair access to the internet from their own device without impacting on others
*At certain times during higher that normal usage there may be further QOS limitations/restrictions applied