We do a brief training in-house for the technicians that will be installing the APs.
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Case, Brandon J Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Installation Process Thanks to everyone for the great replies. I was scratching my head over our wireless install process for a few days and figured this was a good place for some ideas. All those replies did lead me to a follow-up question though. For those of you that contract the AP installs out, either to another department or a contractor, is there some kind of training you require them to have been through? We contract the AP installs out to another department, but the issue we run into most often is that the people doing the work don't understand how to properly mount either the AP, the antenna, or both. We're beginning to go through a refresh cycle and would like to avoid the mistakes that happened last time (like antennas installed 3' above the ceiling between two HVAC units). Thanks again in advance. Brandon -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Case, Brandon J Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Installation Process I'm curious as to how you all out there handle the actual physical installation of APs in your environments. Do you handle that within the same team that manages the wireless network or is it a separate group that installs the equipment? How do you go about having the data jacks installed? Just as an estimation, approximately how long does it take to have an AP installed? For buildings that are still in the planning phase, do you design the AP locations into the building based on CAD drawings ahead of time? Or do you perform an on-site survey after the building is open and then proceed with installation? Any and all comments are appreciated. Thanks, -- Brandon Case, CCNA Network Engineer, ITaP Purdue University [email protected] Office: (765)49-67096 Mobile: (765)479-7597 Fax: (765)49-46620 ********** 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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
