RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

CAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tristan Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:34 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless I don't know any details about pricin

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

ssues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Redhead Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:37 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless "8 Gbps / 500 access points = 16 Mbps bandwidth pe

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

"8 Gbps / 500 access points = 16 Mbps bandwidth per AP!" The assumption here is all 500 AP are active at the same time consuming 16Mbps of the 8 Gbps bandwidth. That is not the real world. >>> On 3/29/2011 at 10:34 AM, Tristan Rhodes wrote: I don't know any details about pricing, but one benefit

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

tserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tristan Rhodes Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:34 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless I don't know any details about pricing, but one benefit of the 5500 appliances is th

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

I don't know any details about pricing, but one benefit of the 5500 appliances is that you can upgrade the number of access-points in increments of 25, while on the WISM2 the smallest upgrade is 100 access points. More importantly, I am hoping the WISM2 uses a 20 Gbps connection to the backplan

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

As I was told, the WiSM is based on the same single controller hardware as the 5508, with no dual-controller setup like the older 4404-based unit. Other than saving on uplink ports from the 5508, I too don't see much advantage unless they are going into an existing 6500 (replacing old WiSMs). Ev

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

Funny, The WISM2 (Thanks for the heads up Luke) http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11634/index.html only supports up to 500AP's as well. I don't see a significant advantage over the 5508 controller. (Not like the orignal WISM over the 440

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

The WiSM2 (5500 based) was announced this week, though I'm not sure what the time line will be before you can actually get one on your dock. Based on the stats they are worth waiting for if you don't have a tight schedule. In our oldest dorms, we have 1242s mostly wall mounted. We do go through

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

We have 1,166 Cisco APs (1131s & 1142s) deployed in our dorms and apartments. All are LWAPs under the control of Cisco WiSMs. They are deployed in plain sight, some in hallways and some in private rooms. I wanted to put them all in the rooms so we could charge the kid(s) who live there for loss

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

Unless Cisco has released their new WiSM based on the 5500-series?, then you'd be much better off using the new 5500 series 1U controllers as they are significantly better/faster than the old dual-4400-series based WISM. The 5500-series 1u appliance now supports 500APs, and unlike the 4400 serie

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WISM and Dorm wireless

Hi Randy, We finished our wireless deployment into the residential space this past summer. We deployed a Cisco WiSM solution in our residential router and manually divided up the Aps to specific controllers with appropriate failovers. We haven’t seen much trouble with our solution, but I am cer