Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11a

2006-02-24 Thread Rick Brown
? Regards, Dan Jones University of Colorado at Boulder ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Richard E.(Rick) Brown (919) 515-5489 office Network Systems Engineer

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Tools

2006-03-14 Thread Rick Brown
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Hopping

2006-03-24 Thread Rick Brown
to configure their SSID's to the proper one. Perhaps you could take this a step further by providing a link where authenticated users would be provided additional information on the private SSID's that they should be using. The broadcast SSID would at least be a starting point for the clueless. Rick Brown

Cisco AP spacing

2006-03-27 Thread Rick Brown
such recommendations? Example: AP 1 3ft AP2 3ft 3ft AP 3 3ft AP4 Thanks! Rick -- Richard E.(Rick) Brown (919) 515-5489 office Network Systems Engineer (919) 515-1641 fax Communication Technologies email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] N.C. State University

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco AP spacing

2006-03-28 Thread Rick Brown
the guard band separation between channels. - Stan Brooks - CWNA/CWSP Emory University Network Communications Division Original Message From: Rick Brown Date: 3/27/2006 4:51 PM We are using Cisco 1240 series AP's. I seem to remember an instructor for Terrawave

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] PoE Options

2006-04-04 Thread Rick Brown
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] point to point wireless

2006-04-19 Thread Rick Brown
edu/groups/. -- Richard E.(Rick) Brown (919) 515-5489 office Network Systems Engineer (919) 515-1641 fax Communication Technologies email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] N.C. State University ** Participation and subscription information for thi

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] FM Transmitter

2006-11-14 Thread Rick Brown
Networking Winona State University. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Richard E.(Rick) Brown (919) 515-5489 office Network Systems Engineer (919) 515-1641 fax

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] surveying tools

2007-08-03 Thread Rick Brown
at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Richard E. (Rick) Brown (919) 515-5489 office Network Systems Engineer (919) 515-1641 fax Communication Technologies email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] N.C. State University

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Roque AP's

2008-09-09 Thread Rick Brown
to change/control freshman attitudes and actions than it is juniors and seniors, etc. Just my $0.02 worth! Rick Brown NC State University Rachna Ahlawat wrote: Even with 100% coverage, what do think are the reasons that students are still connecting rogues? Are these rogues using .11n

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Distance between antennas?

2008-10-31 Thread Rick Brown
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Seeking recommendation for wireless bridge product

2009-03-11 Thread Rick Brown
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Standards

2009-03-17 Thread Rick Brown
Richman Network Engineer University of Notre Dame 574 631.8562 richma...@nd.edu ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Richard E. (Rick) Brown Network Systems Engineer

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco 1131ABG AP

2009-05-14 Thread Rick Brown
Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Brown Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:15 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Problems with Cisco Work Group Bridges

2009-06-25 Thread Rick Brown
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Problems with Cisco Work Group Bridges

2009-06-25 Thread Rick Brown
the connection dropping out briefly up to 10 times a day -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Brown Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:31 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Large numbers of clients in one room

2009-08-19 Thread Rick Brown
worried about RF absorption, since it will actually help focus your client radios onto the best access point. -- Richard E. (Rick) Brown Network Systems Engineer Communication Technologies Office of Information Technology N.C. State University (919) 515-5489 office (919) 515-1641 fax (919) 601

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] separating 'types' of users

2009-09-22 Thread Rick Brown
The closest we get to segmenting via RF is that we use 11B/G for general coverage(websurfing, email, etc). We use 11A in the classrooms. At first 11A could only be found in the classrooms. Now we activate 11a everywhere we have an AP. However we disable the radio or use terminators for

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 1140 Cisco APs

2009-11-09 Thread Rick Brown
For those of you that may not be totally familiar with antenna propagation patterns and wonder why the concern it's important to remember that propagation from an omni antenna isn't a perfect sphere. It's more like a donut. If you took a perfectly round balloon and pushed in from the top and

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] List Guidelines reminder

2010-08-12 Thread Rick Brown
Shouldn't it be okay for a vendor to solicit both positive and negative comments on their own equipment? If you'll reread the post, Devin was asking for comments about his own companies equipment. Seems if a vendor is willing to let the dirty laundry out concerning their own stuff it should be

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] List Guidelines reminder

2010-08-13 Thread Rick Brown
I totally see your point. We walk a fine line with the AHECTA listserv as well. So my compromise would be that it would be okay for a vendor to solicit opinion but that all replies to the vendor should be off list. The problem with that however is even in this day and age of technology, people

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless and Apple Clients

2010-09-16 Thread Rick Brown
While this isn't the most elegant of solutions; perhaps this situation is much like in years past where the lower data rates were turned off in order to improve roaming, would it be possible to disable some of the lower data rates on the 5Ghz range and possibly help with the client choosing

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] solar panel powered AP: pictures

2010-10-07 Thread Rick Brown
Got any pictures of it put together and mounted? 0/6/2010 9:59 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: Very cool! So it is a home-made, DIY solar powered AP kind of a thing then. Pete M. -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WiFi blockers in classrooms

2010-11-18 Thread Rick Brown
Julian is exactly right. If you were to attempt to block/jam wireless in a classroom, how do you contain that jamming to the classroom so that it does not interfere with wireless outside the classroom? Attempting to correct behavior with technology typically

Parking Decks

2010-12-08 Thread Rick Brown
Has anyone designed and provided wireless coverage to their parking lots and parking decks? If so, do you have any tips or tricks, successes and/or failures that you would be willing to share? Thanks! Rick -- ** Participation and

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Site survey tools

2011-01-27 Thread Rick Brown
anymore, but you can get it via Cydia. $2.99. Best, Philippe Hanset Univ. of TN, Knoxville www.eduroamus.org On Jan 21, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Rick Brown wrote: We have been using Motion Computing Tablet PC's with Cisco's CB21 wireless adapter card and the Site Survey Utility

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] N analysis tool

2011-04-28 Thread Rick Brown
Title: [WIRELESS-LAN] N analysis tool We did some testing with the Fluke Aircheck and compared them to readings taken with netstumbler, wi-spy, Cisco site survey, and several phones and tablets loaded with various software apps. We found that the Aircheck consistently

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Dual radio APs, .11n on 2.4ghz radios or not?

2011-05-26 Thread Rick Brown
Craig, Enabling N on the 2.4 is not a lost cause and will help improve performance if the coverage has been designed properly.  As of June 1st we are disabling 11B and all 11G rates below 12Mbps.  In order to help steer people to the 5Ghz band we have created

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outdoor wireless questions

2012-07-02 Thread Rick Brown
that interference is minimal in other buildings! So far, so good! Rick Brown NC State University Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2012, at 3:47 PM, Ethan Sommer somm...@gac.edu wrote: We are again considering deploying wireless outside, but we feel like we keep running up against inherent

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Tablets with 802.11a/n

2012-09-11 Thread Rick Brown
: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Rick Brown Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:47 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Tablets with 802.11a/n Does anyone have any recommendations for a tablet

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] FW: Outsourcing WiFi to Apogee

2013-10-31 Thread Rick Brown
We did a pilot this semester with an Aruba AP with extra wired ports on the AP in every room. So far so good. The AP's are on a list of items that is checked at the end of the semester. If they are missing or damaged by the student then they are responsible. So far the only issues are them

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ekahau Licensing & Alternatives

2021-07-18 Thread Rick Brown
We’re surveying and designing for the Aruba VHD parameters in all of our campus buildings with academic ones taking precedence. We have 4 engineers with each a license and Sidekick. This is obviously a multi year project. We have been asking for a read only version so that our NOC can view