Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Meru captive portal performance

2008-04-01 Thread Daniel Eklund
Ha, We currently are migrating to Meru from Bluesocket. As far as performance goes I can give you this information from what we have seen so far. 450 concurrent users on one controller (portal) with no performance issues. We're still growing, but adding controllers at the same time. By

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aruba's SCA vs. MCA whitepaper [was: Open Wireless in Higher Ed]

2008-04-01 Thread Don Wright
Hi Philippe, We'd be very interested, as others are I'm sure to hear what you find out from your testing. -- Don Wright Brown University CIS - NTG On 4/1/08 10:53 AM, Philippe Hanset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, At Univ of TN, our intention is to deploy 802.11n capable APs

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aruba's SCA vs. MCA whitepaper [was: Open Wireless in Higher Ed]

2008-04-01 Thread Charles Spurgeon
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 08:25:06AM -0400, Dave Molta wrote: I agree with Chuck about the need for better information about WLAN scalability. It's an issue I've struggled with for many years but I'm not optimistic about a resolution. I've discussed this issue extensively with Phil Belanger, the

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aruba's SCA vs. MCA whitepaper [was: Open Wireless in Higher Ed]

2008-04-01 Thread Chad Frisby
Warning Warning - don't touch the N AP's - they can poke you much like a porcupine. Do people really want tarantulas stuck to the ceiling everywhere? A little design humor... Seriously though: Philippe of Univ. of TN wrote Side note again: One thing is sure, Controller Based Architectures are

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aruba's SCA vs. MCA whitepaper [was: Open Wireless in Higher Ed]

2008-04-01 Thread Dave Molta
As a grey-haired veteran of early Ethernet, I always try to keep those comparisons in mind. And for those of you who may be newer to networking, you should be aware that Chuck was the go-to guy for technical information in the early days of Ethernet. Thanks for the early education, my friend.

Apple's Big Announcement

2008-04-01 Thread Lee H Badman
http://www.iphoneworld.ca/news/2008/04/01/breaking-news-apple-presents-3 g-iphone-at-ctia/ Has been talked about for a while, seems like it's here as of May 9. Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 **

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Aruba's SCA vs. MCA whitepaper [was: Open Wireless in Higher Ed]

2008-04-01 Thread Johnson, Bruce T
Thanks Daniel, All Meru says is put your faith in Air Traffic Control without offering any explanation how it how it addresses (coordinates) the MAC and PHY challenges pointed out in the Aruba article. The spirit of 802.11 is not the necessarily the content of the protocol, but the fact

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Projection (yet again)

2008-04-01 Thread Mike King
Just want to throw this out there. Similar concept. Tablet to Presentation machine. Also supports direct to students computers. http://classroompresenter.cs.washington.edu/ On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Lee H Badman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the quest for a