Eduroam has a free, customizable configuration utility:
https://cat.eduroam.org/
*Tim Cappalli* | ACCP / ACMP / CCNA
Network Engineer | Brandeis University
cappa...@brandeis.edu | (617) 701-7149
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CloudPath- frequent updates, wide OS compatibility, great support, good cost
model (for us, I've heard others complain about price), easy to administer and
fit in to environment. Quite happy with ExpressConnect and CloudPath in general.
Lee H. Badman
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS,
Agree with Lee on every aspect.
Marcelo Lew
Wireless Network Architect Engineer
University Technology Services
University of Denver
Desk: (303) 871-6523
Cell: (303) 669-4217
Fax: (303) 871-5900
Email: m...@du.edumailto:m...@du.edu
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Ditto. Our service desk was getting overwhelmed with wireless configuration
issues while it was still a manual process, both from the number of devices
and the every-widening range that people assumed we would support (It works
at home!) Cloudpath isn't cheap, but it's definitely paid for
Thanks to all for your feedback. Max, do you publish these best practices
or is it internal?
Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information Technology
Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Max Lawrence Lopez
Coming in a little late on this thread, but Tristan brings up an
excellent point. We are dealing with multiple areas in our dorms where
AirMagnet Survey with the AirMagnet a/b/g/n card had a much better
RSSI/SNR than the student with an iPad or iPhone has. What we should
have done when
Things like iPhones are a lot lower than 25 mW. Closer to 17.
Ryan H Turner
Senior Network Engineer
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
+1 919 445 0113 Office
+1 919 274 7926 Mobile
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This blog post at aerohive has good info on determining transmit power on
devices. Interesting that the report lists different power levels at different
frequencies.
http://blogs.aerohive.com/blog/the-network-revolution/apple-ipad-3-and-other-mobile-device-wi-fi-output-power
--
Jason Watts
As a good example I was down in an area just yesterday that mentioned of poor signal and I initially went down with my nexus 7 and my analyzer program and could barely get -80 dbm. I found it very odd so I went back and got my laptop with Ekahau and my ekahau usb-300(?) nic and was easily
Also, coming in a bit late, but I am beginning to think the best method for
my reshalls anyway is to put an AP in every other room, as they run
linearly down a hallway. Then stagger the floor above to offset by one
room. We've been doing every 3rd room lately and while it seems adequate,
I think
Yikes, didn't think they were weak but it has been a while since I've
looked. Based on that, are folks aiming to accommodate that weak of a
signal at -65 or close to that?
-dan
Dan Brisson
Network Engineer
University of Vermont
(Ph) 802.656.8111
dbris...@uvm.edu
On 12/12/13, 1:54 PM,
To put it in perspective, the transmit powers for iPhone 5 (yanked from:
http://blogs.aerohive.com/blog/the-network-revolution/apple-iphone-5-wi-fi-specs)
Frequency bands supported:
*2.4 GHz ISM (Channels 1 - 11), Power Output ~16dBm
*5 GHz UNII-1 (Channels 36 - 48), Power Output ~14dBm
It seems to me to be completely impractical from a planning and budgetary
perspective to be increasing the density of AP's on an annual basis due to poor
client design, whether low transmit power, antenna deficiency, or
insufficiently well designed front-ends.
If a device can't connect to the
On 12/12/2013 5:11 PM, Ian McDonald wrote:
It seems to me to be completely impractical from a planning and
budgetary perspective to be increasing the density of AP's on an
annual basis due to poor client design, whether low transmit power,
antenna deficiency, or insufficiently well designed
It not just poor client design, however (and I can't really always call it poor
design, because who here doesn't get peeved with a short battery life device??
Which is what low transmit power helps). We are really switching from a
coverage based design to capacity based design. If we want
In certain areas, sure. One more thing we're going to have to divine from our
tea leaves is which areas only need coverage, and which need the extra money
sunk in for high capacity. Unfortunately, all it takes is a professor who wants
in class laptop survey software getting scheduled in the
We're in the process, right now. We've got basic coverage, and in the
classrooms we've tried to accommodate for higher density. However, with 3,
4 or more devices per student - or person really - we're looking at a
refresh of the 1,400 APs we have now and effectively doubling that - or
more.
Well, the problem is with the natural attenuation of the 5 gig band. Since it
can only go half the distance that 2.4 can go with the same power level, you
are going to have to space these things apart if you want people to move from
cell to cell on the 5 gig band and maintain a high data rate.
On 13/12/13 07:40, Frank Sweetser wrote:
In certain areas, sure. One more thing we're going to have to divine
from our tea leaves is which areas only need coverage, and which need
the extra money sunk in for high capacity. Unfortunately, all it takes
is a professor who wants in class laptop
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