CNS Agreement for the use of the SOHO router and the Mango GL-MT300N-V2 Mini Smart Router

Purpose: Management of SOHO and  Mango GL-MT300N-V2 Mini Smart Router on the TSTC network.

Audience: CNS instructors and OIT 

Use Case: Recruitment tools for CNS 

Policy/Process:

• All SOHO and  Mango GL-MT300N-V2 Mini Smart Router will ONLY be utilized on the TSTC GUEST network. These devices should NEVER Connect to the TSTC Secured networks. 

• These devices can be hardwired into the TSTC network only once the port is placed on the Guest Network. 

• These devices should be secured when connected to a network with a password that is not the default password for the devices. 

• If the routers are tethered to a mobile device, the mobile device must be utilizing the TSTC Guest network or cellular data. 

Definitions:

• CNS: Computer Networking Systems department 

• Default password: Password that is set by the manufacturer of the equipment. 

• Mango GL-MT300N-V2 Mini Smart Router: Device used to create and connect a small network that is isolated from an existing  network by allowing a network connection to pass through the Mango GL-MT300N-V2 Mini Smart Router via tethering, ethernet cable, USB modem, or repeating a network connection. 

• OIT: Office of Information Technology

• SOHO: Small office/ home office router: Device used to create a small network. 

• Tethering: the linking of a computer or other device to a smartphone in order to connect to the internet.

• TSTC GUEST network: Network that is not connected to any sensitive information systems or infrastructure. 

• TSTC Secured network: network that is connected to sensitive information systems or infrastructure that requires credentials to utilize.