We were faced with a combination project at Macalester. We were bringing our new athletic complex online (35 APs) and decided at that time to bring in a centrally managed system and convert the rest of campus at the same time. Our base wireless infrastructure was already Cisco thick APs, and the Cisco rep was VERY threatened by a possible change to Aruba, so they sold us LWAPP 4404 controllers for a huge discount. We went with an N+1 dedundant setup and used new thin APs in the athletic complex.
Once we were happy with the configuration in Athletics, we converted each building on campus over the course of a week (120 total APs). Each building had its own SSID before, which was a huge mess as students and faculty moved around campus, so we heard very little complaining as each building converted and became part of the thin-AP infrastructure. Cisco's conversion tool for thick-to-thin AP migration made it all very easy. Tim Payne, CCNA, CISSP Network Administrator Macalester College ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
