Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLAN Operating costs

[Frank Bulk - iNAME.com]

I just read in a Cisco PowerPoint slide that according to a META Group 2003 report, 15% of WLAN's TCO is CapEx, while the last 85% is OpEx.  These numbers are probably more accurate for for-profit corporations, but there is probably some truth for schools, too.  If an organization spends $750 per access point with a 3-year life-cycle, and has a deployment of 300 AP's, that works out to be $425K per year in operational expenses.  That seems quite high.   Frank >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:40:49 PM >>> I’m trying to get a sense of the costs associated with operating a WLAN, specifically as it relates to “physical” maintenance of a network with 100s of APs. In other words: How often does one need to “touch” an AP for maintenance purposes (upgrade, replacement, configuration, debug, reset, etc.) ? How much time does one typically “spend” with the AP in the above cases and how is that time impacted by the fact the AP is in a hard-to-reach place (e.g. ceilings) ?   Can anyone share their experience and/or statistics ?     Yair       ********** 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/.