Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Julian Y Koh
On Wed Aug 26 2015 13:02:49 CDT, Hunter Fuller hf0...@uah.edu wrote: Of course I can't speak for everyone, and I don't know that I would lay out an SLA saying wireless will be up 99.999% of the time or anything, but it just doesn't seem as fragile as one might think initially. The next

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Frank Sweetser
If you're going to be really measuring yourself against an SLA, the only sane way I can see would be to do so with a metrics tool like 7Signals, Streetwise, or NetBeez. This would also force you to specify exactly *where* you're trying to offer a given SLA, allowing you to focus on critical

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Hunter Fuller
-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Chuck Enfield chu...@psu.edu wrote: If so, why would we focus on saying, wireless might not work. It's not helpful to us or our users. A much more constructive approach would be to tell faculty to plan for when wireless doesn't

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Thomas Carter
-Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hunter Fuller Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:40 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement On Tue

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Turner, Ryan H
Of Thomas Carter Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:19 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement I do not have the same confidence in wireless as I do wired. There is no control over the airwaves like there is over physical cabling, and some

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Chuck Enfield
- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeffrey D. Sessler Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:24 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement The other piece

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread John York
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Carter Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:19 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement I do not have the same confidence in wireless as I do wired. There is no control over the airwaves

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-26 Thread Patrick Mauretti
@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement We tried putting classroom computers on wireless, but ran into problems with waking computers. Our patch management procedures rely heavily on waking computers during a maintenance period at night, and we couldn't find a way to do

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-25 Thread Chuck Enfield
-Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hinson, Matthew P Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 8:38 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement We

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-25 Thread Hunter Fuller
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Chuck Enfield chu...@psu.edu wrote: If so, why would we focus on saying, wireless might not work. It's not helpful to us or our users. A much more constructive approach would be to tell faculty to plan for when wireless doesn't work - to have a back-up plan

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-25 Thread Chuck Enfield
- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hinson, Matthew P Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 8:38 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement We looked into doing

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement

2015-08-25 Thread Hinson, Matthew P
-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi Service Level Agreement Greetings Colleagues I have been tasked with the process of setting up a service level agreement for a wifi tender Has anyone developed a user experience sla for wifi ? Or a services description for the wifi