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Allow OH queue to automatically infer location using GPS #153

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gmittal opened this issue Feb 9, 2019 · 3 comments
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Allow OH queue to automatically infer location using GPS #153

gmittal opened this issue Feb 9, 2019 · 3 comments

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@gmittal
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gmittal commented Feb 9, 2019

This might be difficult in places like Soda or Cory, but it could definitely be helpful for differentiating between Cory/Soda/Morgan and might be helpful.

@cycomachead
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For any devices on the campus network you can probably use IP blocks. It may depend on the location and how they are assigned though.

@chrononyan
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Since our main deployments are hosted in the cloud, we can only rely on public IP addresses. AirBears2/eduroam clients typically show up somewhere in the 136.152.0.0/16 space after NAT, but there doesn't seem to be a published correlation of IP sub-blocks and locations. The best we can do with IP is distinguish on/off-campus (VPNs aside), which is not granular enough for automatic room detection when signing up, and only of limited use for blocking remote signups.

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cycomachead commented Oct 15, 2019

Oh darn, you're right. There used to be a list of IPs by building or region but that might have gone away with Airbears2. :/ (Well the trade-off is worth it!)

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