We basically have the same setup and couldn't be more happy with the Cisco solution and the LWAPP. It makes wireless easy. With the Cisco AP conv. tool I upgraded all of my APs at one time. Took no time at all.
Justin Dover Harpeth Hall School 615-346-0082 The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]> on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 11:49 AM -0600 wrote: >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. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
