Hi Ryan, When we deployed at the first EDU, we installed two cable drops per location to facilitate an inlay of another technology (at that time b was deployable and we know that a 5GHz was just a matter of time). We also added additional drops to plan for 5GHz (about 40% more which didn't have APs) for the 2.4GHz deployment. The second cable per drop was strategically important as a leverage with vendor #1 since they knew we could easily overlay a competitor or competing/complimentary technology....
At the latest EDU I work for, I strongly recommended doing it but it was a much smaller scale and it was designed for 5GHz, high capacity from the start. So we decided to just deploy high capacity from the start and we didn't have leverage with the small scale. I would budget for an overhaul (because that's really the best end goal) but phase it in one building at a time. I would start with the locations that need the extra capacity as a pilot. With 5GHz, your range isn't has far so in your pilot, you'll likely find that you'll need additional cable drops to provide good 5GHz coverage. If you go out to the market with an RFP to overhaul a strong vendor, you might newer vendors wanting to be part of this migration, so that might be an important factor for you on the pricing/budget side. ............................................................................................................ Jonn Martell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.martell.ca Director of Technical Operations with EDU #2 Wireless LAN Technology instructor (and ex-PM) with EDU #1 CWNE, CWNT On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Ryan Lininger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good Day Everyone, > > I'm currently looking into a wireless infrastructure upgrade and was > wondering how others have approached this challenge. I'm interested in the > phased vs overhaul debate. We currently have a campus wide mixed vendor > 802.11b/g environment and would like to go to a controller based 802.11b/g/n > environment. How did you implement, or how do you plan to implement, this > change on your campus? > > What method did you choose (multi-year phased deployment or single > year/summer overhaul) and why? > > > Thanks for the help. > Ryan. > > -- > Ryan Lininger > Network Systems Engineer > Denison University > > ********** > 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/.
