Connecting personal wireless printer at work
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- Mar 16, 2013
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There's a reason for that.
Printer, router, WiFi, whatever....if their policy is no personal devices, that is what their policy is.
Either you can campaign to get the policy changed, or you can live without this personal printer.
Where I work, that would be an instant firing.
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That's a firing in most business/corporate environments. Were I work connecting personal laptop to the companies network would be firing offense, even connecting a cellphone to a company system via usb to charge would get you canned. This practice is common place.
Personal devices are allowed in my school system. I have my own laptop and printer and tablets I purchased for student use. I am just not allowed to connect my printer to their network.
I am just wondering if I can remain connected to the school network while printing to a printer that is on a personal network that is not connected to the internet. Maybe by getting a second internet adapter that I can connect by USB. I do not print sensitive documents from this printer nor do I want it to be connected to the schools network.
Currently my only options are to remain tethered to a lan cable or to switch between my personal wifi for the printer and my school's wifi.
I am just wondering if I can remain connected to the school network while printing to a printer that is on a personal network that is not connected to the internet. Maybe by getting a second internet adapter that I can connect by USB. I do not print sensitive documents from this printer nor do I want it to be connected to the schools network.
Currently my only options are to remain tethered to a lan cable or to switch between my personal wifi for the printer and my school's wifi.
Very slow printer in classroom. Probably 20 years old. Goal was to be able very quickly print out worksheets from wherever I am in the classroom. I use one printer for speed and an refillable inkjet for color and low cost. I have not actually tried a wireless router at my current job but would make sure that it does not violate any district policies. But you have definitely succeeded in making me question whether it's worth it.
Solandri
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Adding an unauthorized wireless device creates a new avenue of attack for someone trying to hack into your network. That's why IT departments are very strict about allowing wireless printers, and especially wireless routers or access points. Yes it is a fireable offense in many organizations, since a misconfigured device like this can expose the organization's entire internal network to the world.
If you've got your own WiFi router not connected to the school's network, just the printer, then yes you might be able to use the printer that way. But it would still require the approval and cooperation of your school's IT department. The moment your laptop connects to both your personal router and the school's network, it becomes a potential gateway between the WiFi on your personal router and the school's network. An attacker could hack into your personal WiFi network, use that to get into your laptop, which then gives them access to the school's network. And to your IT department that intrusion would be indistinguishable from you using your laptop to access the school's network.
Is there some reason you can't just plug this printer into your laptop via a USB cable? The problem is that you're trying to use WiFi. Most IT departments don't have a problem with using USB or LAN cables to add devices.
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