The University of Alabama is preparing a Request for Proposals to hire a
company to conduct a complete wireless survey of our main campus -- all
inside and outside areas. We will cover about 150 buildings and 1,000
acres. We expect that the number of wireless access points will need to
be in the
] campus wireless
survey
Hello, folks,
Wayne State University have deployed around 150 APs on campus. We 've
now decided to roll out wireless all over the campus. This is our
last
chance to choose the right vendor and the right technology before it is
too late. Since we only have experience
Sean,
here are a few ideas from University of Tennessee:
How many APs on your campus?
1250
Which vendor did you choose? Are you happy with it?
Proxim AP-2000 and planning to roll AP-4000 in heavily loaded
classrooms (will definitely use 802.11a in those) and new projects.
We have advised
Sean,
Your layout sounds very much like mine does - 175 access points, all
proxim, with a bluesocket box providing some security. We're always adding
more access points, at this time we're staying with the proxim APs, (we
need to really look into the ap4000s now, since the ap2000s have been
How many APs on your campus?
Approx. 800
Which vendor did you choose? Are you happy with it?
Different departments have chosen different vendors. The big ones are :
1. Proxim/Avaya - We have had terrible support, LOTS of bugs (many of them
show stoppers), and are not too happy with them.
