We at UNCP have been wired and are now offering Wireless. What we couldn't get away from was the fire marshal desire to pick up a phone and call 911 and have the location be correct with the 911 switchboard. Some of our rationale was most students don't have a phone in the resident hall but a cell phone. We decided just to offer both if needed, for telephone and data.
Thanks, Christopher DeSmit University of North Carolina Pembroke- Division of Information Technology Network Security Specialist 910-521-6260 [email protected] From: Cisco Clean Access Users and Administrators [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Moskwa Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Residence Halls, wired vs wireless Today, most all of our residence halls are wired (one jack per pillow on average) with some wireless coverage in common areas. We are toying with the idea of converting to 100% wireless, which would allow us to retire rather than replace an aging switch infrastructure. As part of the investigation process, I was hoping to get some feedback from other institutions on what they have done or are planning to do with their residence hall infrastructure in regards to the wired vs wireless question. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Regards, -- Jim Jim Moskwa Manager Networks & Security Information Technology Department Johnson & Wales University 8 Abbott Park Place Providence, RI 02903 Office: 401-598-1556 Fax: 401-598-1329 Email: [email protected] [cid:[email protected]]
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