Monte, Have you considered a solution like: linksys access-points with open source Mesh technology (eg: openwrt etc...). Each floor could get a cat5 circuit as uplink and you use in each room the existing AC power to power the mesh. The access-point will serve as a wireless uplink as well as a switch (4 ports). It is risky, but definitely affordable (more so than a Wi-Fi arrays)
Has anyone done experiences with this? Philippe Hanset University of Tennessee On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Monte Schmeiser wrote: > We have the unfortunate arrangement at our institution in which our dorms > are located off campus about 5 miles away. We are using a Navy Housing > property site for our student dorms. For the past few years we have been > directing students to a local cable company to provide them with internet > access. The cost of building a network at the housing site and the hardware > required to build a wireless network there has prevented us from moving > forward. > > My question is, are there any institutions out there that have, instead of > installing a number of wireless access points, installed maybe one or two > high powered wireless antennas that connect directly to the internet. I > know there has got to be something out there so I am submitting this to the > group. > > Thank you for any advice or direction you can give me. > > Monte Schmeiser > Director of Institutional Technology > Marymount College > Rancho Palos Verdes, California > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 310-303-7684 > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
