We are seeing the same usage stats on wired ports here as well. The last time we checked it was actually around 92% of ports not being used.
Thank you, Brian Kellogg Network Services Manager St. Bonaventure University 716-375-4092 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Wireless-only in residence halls Mike- We are 100% covered with capacity-driven wireless in our residence halls. But, we still have at least a wired port per pillow. That being said, we now see our once-busy wired res nets running between 75-90% idle. A lot of ports just sitting there... Lee -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Dickson Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 11:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless-only in residence halls Wondering if anyone has successfully implemented a wireless-only network in their residence halls. If so, how is it working out? Was this a planned migration away from an "aging" wired jack infrastructure or was it new construction? Are you doing this with 802.11n, b/g, a or "everything? Any pitfalls? Did you still leave "some" client jacks around or were you able to go "full-blown" wireless? We have older (Cat 3 or worse) horizontal and are starting discussions around abandoning the wires and just installing home runs for APs. Any fresh advice would be greatly appreciated (saw an old thread from 2005). Regards, Mike -------------------------- Michael Dickson Network Analyst University of Massachusetts Amherst ********** 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/.
