Best setup for Universities

Hi,
I would like to aks some importan questions. We are trying to set up MS PEAP with ACS 3.2 in our university. For that type of authentication we have to add user laptops on ouw domain, Which is fine for Staff but How can we avoide this with students laptops with out adding them to our domain. Security is the big issue.
Which other authentication method should anyone recommand to avhieve this goal.
Runnning Ap1200, Non Cisco WCards, Acs 3.2, Win xp/W2k.
I would be greatful if someone help me regarding this issue. What other issues should we consider while making the decisions?
regards
Khaleefa

I would recommend EAP/TTLS with a 3rd party supplicant, like the meetinghouse client. Certs would be a great way to deploy it, but then you need to deal with PKI.
I have not dealt with the ACS. We are going to be looking at Radiator for radius backend support. I believe it supports multiple EAP types.
Currently we are running an open network and use a custom middlebox (www.net.cmu.edu/authbridge/)
Are you trying to control access to the network, or provide data encryption. We tell users to use applications that secure their data (ssh, ssl).
If you want more details on what we are looking at, let me know. We have about 900 APs across our university and have been using wireless since the days of 900 MHz 1 Mbps.

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