The acronym BYOD means Bring Your Own Device to access the Internet on ACPS campuses. This is a courtesy service and complies with all board policies including teacher approval for student use in the classroom.

This is part of a long term project to migrate all wireless devices currently on the "BYOD" wireless network (SSID) and move them over to ACPS_BYOD. ACPS_BYOD provides the exact same wireless experience as BYOD while the device is on campus. Users will obtain IP addresses in the same range, experience the same performance, and will be placed into the same security posture while on campus.

The "ACPS_BYOD" wireless network is used for general day-to-day network access. The "OnBoarding" wireless network only provides a means to connect to the "ACPS_BYOD" network and assist in configuration to use it. It points users to the https://cloud.securew2.com/public/95569/ACPS_BYOD/ site for assistance with configuring their device. The "OnBoarding" WLAN should generally only need to be used during initial setup for the 'ACPS_BYOD' network.

Contact your school's site tech.

The teacher has the final say on classroom procedures. If your teacher asks you not to use your device, you should follow instructions. Although access is available, it is not guaranteed for every classroom situation.

Students are expected to follow the Acceptable Use Procedures (AUP) when access the Internet from any device on campus or at a school sponsored event.

Students and/or their families are responsible for their personal computing devices at all times. The ACPS will not repair or update any personally-owned computing devices.

Families must stress the responsibilities their children have when bringing their own computing devices to school. Any student owned devices brought to school are their sole responsibility. The ACPS takes no responsibility to search for lost or stolen devices nor is there any assumption of financial responsibility for damaged, lost or stolen personal mobile devices.

Personally owned devices should only be used by the owner of the device.

Students are responsible for charging their respective personal device prior to arriving at school for the day. "Charging stations" will not be provided.

The wireless network on the School Board of Alachua County campuses uses several methods to help ensure security for connected devices. Devices connecting to this wireless network will use 802.1x based authentication for secure and easier authentication to the network. All communication across this network will also be encrypted with WPA2 wireless encryption to help ensure user data privacy. This network is also policed by an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) system that validates user device traffic for security compliance before they are allowed to connect to the wireless network.

WPA2 is a standard for encrypted communication over wireless networks. WPA2 offers higher level encryption than previous standards like WEP or WPA and utilizes advanced AES-based encryption. This encrypts all communication between the computer and the wireless network.

802.1x is a standard for exchanging secured authentication over a network. 802.1x prevents devices from connecting to a network until they have successfully been authenticated. Using 802.1x authentication also allows for automatic authentication by the device without requiring the user to manually login every time they connect to the wireless network.

Instructions for configuring your device for the campus 802.1x network are available at https://cloud.securew2.com/public/95569/ACPS_BYOD/. Configuration for 802.1x on some devices is fairly easy and on other devices it can be somewhat involved. It is recommended that you use the auto-configuration option if possible as it takes care of several potential installation issues.

SecureW2 is the auto configuration tool available for configuring client devices for 802.1x wireless. Once a device is successfully connected to the "ACPS_BYOD" network it should not need to be used again unless the device needs to be reconfigured or if the user's password is changed.