I think "both" is a good idea, if feasible. But we have facilities both ways and the wired connections do not get a lot of use (with occasional rare exceptions). We have no measure of the wireless use, but wireless use all over campus is definitely on the increase and people are beginning to "think" wireless instead of trying to find a wired port.
Finally, I think that power to the seats is good. That is the single largest complaint we get about wireless - the lack of power to common areas where people use their laptops coupled with the fact that laptop batteries run down so fast. But if you haven't pulled the power cables, why not do both at the same time? The cost of pulling the extra cable should not be that much? Doug Jackson UT Dallas > ---------- > From: Frank Kirstein > Reply To: 802.11 wireless issues listserv > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wiring an auditorium > > We have some case study rooms, and while no where near the size of yours, did add >the pop up utility boxes with electrical and cat. 5 outlets. Anyone with a laptop >need only pop open the utility box, remove all the candy wrappers and plug in. > > Seriously, if money is no problem, why not do both? > > Ross McKenzie wrote: > > I have a problem I'm hoping the group can help with. We have a >well-established wireless network with over 1,000 users. We are currently designing a >new auditorium and there is a push to wire all 350 seats. Needless to say this is >going to be an expensive proposition to install and maintain, but egos are involved >and money is not the driving force here. I should note we have decided to put power >to all 350 seats anyway. Can anyone relate experiences with putting wire or wireless >into auditoriums? Our arguments that utilization will be low have fallen on deaf >ears. We have a student body of 1500 of which approx. 1000 have laptops (and all have >wireless cards that we supply.) We have wireless in another auditorium which seats >about 150 and have no problems. I'd be interested in anyone who has installed >wireless in such a large area with many laptop users or those who have wired an >auditorium with good or bad experiences. We are in the final design stages, so a >decision in imminent. Thanks! -Ross > ------------------------------------ > Ross McKenzie > Director of Information Systems > Johns Hopkins University > Bloomberg School of Public Health > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/memdir/cg/.
