And like I said, we may be able to borrow an extra acess point by the time of the conference that we may be able to use. Maybe.
I am not sure how this may increase the coverage in the rooms.
I just had a chat with on of the staff from the group that manages the NOMAD network. I explained our need of having better network coverage and we thought about possible ways to get around this.
He explained that unknown wireless equipment that is used by individuals is a major source of problems with the NOMAD network throughout Chalmers, so the are not enthuiastic about bring in our own wireless equipment.
BUT, they were somewhat sympathetic about our needs, so we cam up with a solution that may work.
If we provide them with the proper equipment (read: the same brand of wireless access points that are currently used by the NOMAD infrastructure), they are willing to help us configure them and help us connecct them to some of the cabled NOMAD ethernet sockets.
This way we may provide wireless access both in the cafe and in the rooms that have inadequate coverage.
The down side of this is that the access points are expensive:
they are Cisco Aironet 1100 AccessPoints, and the best price I can get tem for is about 3150 kronor + moms each, and we probabably want a power-over-ethernet box for each for about 315 kronor + moms (makes it easier to power the ap's). In total aprximaltely 3465 kronor + moms each.
This way we have much more freedom to provide access to places wherethere is no coverage.
So what do you say, do we have budget for 2-3 of those AccessPoints?
/dario
PS: Yes, they have to be Cisco Aironets 1100 or 1200 (but 1200 is more expensive).
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