Thank you all for the comments and the feedback. Very much appreciated.
The debate of 1 port per pillow is always going to be had. At least in our
residence halls - we also have 1 port per pillow policy. I know all the
pros/cons but in the end just comes down to student/resident needs - like
We still provide 1 port per pillow in our residence halls. Our pod style dorm
units are what led us to the hospitality access point model. Between the very
thick concrete walls to all the utilities run on the "open side of the pod"
ceiling mounted hallway solutions performed poorly. Wireless
All of our new residential halls are wireless only, and as we remodel our
historic residential halls, we’re pulling the network copper from the room
plates into the celling to support the addition of a celling mounted AP.
Our density is every other room by default/minimum, so it’s very dense
I did not recommend continuing port-per-pillow deployments the last time I
reviewed a residence. However, in addition to wireless coverage, I did push
to provide wired ports for common/TV spaces in the residences. This
provides flexibility for future changes, as well as a way to help offload
some
Chintan,
All of our older dorms are wired currently wired, and are both pod-style and
apartment. These all have wires in them. The newer dorms all of which have
been pod-style are wireless only. New construction we are using ceiling mount
APs like the 1815i or 2802. In the older dorms that
All,
We has been struggling with a recent patch from Ubuntu that broke encrypted
connections
between some of our internal servers.
Long story short: Ubuntu now uses GNU-TLS and the latest security patch has
removed support for SHA-1.
Error messages in Ubuntu or in LDAP were not explicit enough
We are still providing 1 port per pillow in the residence halls.
In addition in new construction and renovations over the last 4 or 5 years we
have been using CAT 6A wiring and Aruba AP-305's and occasionally AP-304's.
As expected an AP every 2 or 3 rooms depending on the construction.
The
We do have pods and apartment style residence halls, though the majority
are traditional residence halls with two beds per room. We had switched
from hallway ceiling mounted access points to hospitality units in every
other room (zig-zag and alternating on each floor).
Part of the decision going
Hi Chintin,
For our pod-style res halls, we have two network drops per room. We use
Aruba hospitality APs and we place them every other room and in the common
room. So if you are in a room with an AP, you still have 2 network drops
(pretty much only used by gaming rigs at this point).
ajs
On
Morning,
We are in process of building new residence halls (3 buildings) with Pod-style
rooms. Pod-style concept is new to us and I wanted some feedback from anyone
who currently has these living spaces. I will be leading the Network and
Wireless planning for the residence halls.
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