I agree. We installed Cisco LW APs in our dorms two years ago and the number of students bringing in their own gear dropped to almost none. Previously we had Cisco 350s deployed that were not centrally managed. Because of the poor service to users, they began to do their own thing (i.e. setup their own APs). We use WCS to manage our controllers so we see rogue APs and can contain them using the APs that have been deployed. The setup is great and well worth the investment. You may try finding money from the residence life folks on your campus to help with the cost. What we have found is that if a location is not covered with wireless, your users will cover it themselves. Better you than them.
Matt Matthew Jenkins Network/Server Administrator Fairmont State University Visit us online at www.fairmontstate.edu -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Appah Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Open source code for AP's I saw this post this morning also and I concur with Lee; with the price of enterprise class AP's dropping you have two choices go enterprise, or do nothing. That is at least you can manage expectations even if it's no the answer your customers want to hear, it really IS what they want to hear, until they have enough money to do it right, doing it wrong or half-baked is WAYY worse than not at all. At least that's my take on it. Jason D. Appah ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
