Re: Yesterday's Doonesbury Comic

2008-04-28 Thread Larry Press
of discussion of whether and how students should be allowed to use Laptops during class. Do you all encourage or discourage it? Larry Press ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Microsoft's Ultimate Steal

2007-10-26 Thread Larry Press
Has any university taken advantage of this offer? Is it legitimate? It sounds legitimate and is a good deal for the students, but promoting it on campus might seem like a Microsoft ad. Would you be concerned about that? Larry ** Participation and subscription information for

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless-only Dorms?

2005-11-09 Thread Larry Press
Phil Raymond wrote: The initial design needs to consider coverage AND capacity. Phil (and others), Have you got a rule of thumb for the number of students per G access point in a college dorm? Larry Press ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Acceptance criteria for a wireless installation

2004-02-04 Thread Larry Press
I defined data rate as the connection speed to the access point..11mbps 5.5mbps 2mbps or 1mbps. Depending on the technology Has anyone come up with a criteria for speed when the network is under load? I didn't define data rate as actual throughput to each user, because this can get

Acceptance criteria for a wireless installation

2004-02-03 Thread Larry Press
look at? Larry Press ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] site survey/deployment plan software

2004-01-16 Thread Larry Press
WirelessValley etc : better have some good AutoCad maps in advance, but definitely a long term tool though. I am intrigued by the etc. -- what tools do others use and recommend? Larry Press ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless enclosures

2003-12-23 Thread Larry Press
We are in the process of deploying wireless campus wide with Cisco 1200s. Will they be indoors or outside? We are looking for the same thing for indoors (dorm apartments). Larry Press ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11g question

2003-12-03 Thread Larry Press
(for example, Avaya) has an 802.11b client talking to it, does that effectively revert the access point from g to a b because of the b client? Correct. Lowest common denominator is the rule. Is that the case for all brands or only certain implementations? Certain chip sets? One