Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Networking in Large Classrooms

[M. Sjulstad]

If it's a new design/construction I would most certainly wire the classrooms. First off, it's relatively cheap to pull wire and jack 400 locations in a new installation. Even if you don't use the wired connections, you'll have the terminal and most likely the locations for Wireless too. Wireless might be doable, and in fact might work quite well in this situation too, although with that many simultaneous connections it will take a careful design and will not support throughputs that the wired connections will.

MS

On Jan 9, 2004, at 7:52 AM, Arnold Hassen wrote:

We are designing two new 200 seat classrooms that will be adjacent to one another.� Discussion is focussing on whether we should hardwire or go wireless.
Functionally we must be capable of simultaneous networking which means 400+ simultaneous links.
Is this doable with wireless?
Thanks for any help
Arnie Hassen
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
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