Scott, It all depends on how you design this upfront. Key factor about doing a wireless LAN is doing a site survey or RF Prediction. You will be able to continue to outsource this work but everyone must be trained on what ever product you are looking at. What vendors are you currently evaluating? How many clients will you be supporting? If you would like to talk further please contact me and we can discuss further.
Stanley Riley ABEO Corporation Unwiring Your World www.abeocorp.com (571)238-5415 -----Original Message----- From: 802.11 wireless issues listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Scott Ciliberti Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 2:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Support Costs We are at the very beginning stages of looking at installing a wireless networks for our students. We are an urban commuter campus consisting of a single building with 6 floors, of which we occupy 4 of them. My department consists of myself (Director), a database administrator, and a help desk analyst. Our network administration is outsourced to a consultant. We have a domain that computers in our library and lab belong to that is separate from our domain for faculty and staff. The student domain only has access to the internet. My question as we move forward is how much support does a wireless network need in order to maintain it's uptime? Is it feasible to think that we can continue to outsource our network administration after we add a wireless infrastructure? Scott Ciliberti Director of IT Services CIIS 1453 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 575-6143 V (415) 575-1264 F ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
