Public Wifi - Security Integrity Tools

[RobertB]

Hey all!! First post here... likely of many 🙂

I am setting up a wireless network. One meant for our staff and public to use for everyday/public use with no access to our internal network. I have one printer I want accessible from this network (which I have made a firewall exception for already).

I am wondering if you guys have any tools that you recommend that we can use to run against the networks that will give us a decent report of security issues/concerns that we should be aware of before deploying for daily operations.

Thanks to all that might be able to offer a little help and direction!

Robert B

[Stealth_Network]

Not quite sure what you are asking - tools to go against the wireless network to look for vulnerabilities, or to go against the LAN and Firewall?

[PhilipDAth]

I'm not aware of tools for scanning guest networks. How about a simple nmap scan to confirm the firewall is only allowing what is intended?

[Uberseehandel]

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@PhilipDAth wrote:
I'm not aware of tools for scanning guest networks. How about a simple nmap scan to confirm the firewall is only allowing what is intended?

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In my experience, it is also important to ensure that Guests are isolated from each other. Which might not be the case with staff users, so probably better to set up separate SSIDs/VLANs and to use SM to look after the staff's BYODs.

Experience also leads me to suggest that if guest network users are given access to a printer, then that printer should be in a restricted area, as there can be problems if Guest A's printing is picked up by Guest B, if they have to ask a receptionist for their printing, there are less likely to be problems, and free-riders can be dealt with immediately.