Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Question on layer 3 size

2008-04-25 Thread Earl Barfield
Date:Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:57:47 -0400 From:Jim Glassford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question on layer 3 size Greetings, Cisco 4402 and 4404 Wireless Lan Controllers with a mixer of Cisco light weight access points. Currently running a 22 bit mask for the 1022 hosts on one SSID/VLAN.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] many clients, one room

2008-04-25 Thread Dale W. Carder
On Apr 23, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Lee, Steven wrote: We also held a bake-off with the big 3 LWAPP vendors. The results showed that these solutions were no better and sometimes worse than what we could achieve with manual tinkering of our IOS AP's. snip We came to a decision that the cost of

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom

2008-04-25 Thread John York
I can imagine a student sitting outside the classroom before class, typing feverishly to get the *big assignment* completed in time to turn in. Then, at the minute class starts, the wireless boots him. The screams could be quite impressive... John -Original Message- From: The

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom

2008-04-25 Thread Philippe Hanset
Eventually, by controlling wifi so much it will promote Cellular solutions (Air cards)! How do you block those networks in the classroom? Philippe -- Philippe Hanset University of Tennessee, Knoxville Office of Information Technology Network Services 108 James D

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom

2008-04-25 Thread Ringgold, Clint
We did a small project consisting on 1 auditorium about 300 users. Our setup was AP's in auditorium, through Bluesockets to LDAP server. We created a web-page that would allow the teacher to login and turn wireless on and off for his/her users. This scenario allowed adjacent rooms to still

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom

2008-04-25 Thread ray
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Ringgold, Clint wrote: It became an issue of should you use technology to fix a social or (you fill in the blank) issue and it was much easier to politely ask the teacher to police their class. Perhaps it is my inherent laziness as a Unix admin, but I've always been

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom

2008-04-25 Thread Phill Solomon
In our early days of wireless we were instructed not install in theatres because of the notion that students would spend more time doing email etc instead of passing notes around the room (I mean paying attention). The solution at the time was to put a power switch on the lectern that powered off

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] University of Chicago Removes Wireless From Classroom

2008-04-25 Thread John Watters
I agree that APs shouldn't be cut off. However, I do have a way to do it that might work for you: The PowerDsine Mid-Span power inserters (latest firmware) allow you to schedule power off by hour and day of the week. This doesn't help with classes that start on the half hour or end 10 minutes