Do you mind me asking why wireless survey/coverage estimations tools were "strongly discouraged"?
Frank From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Gardner Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 4:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Upgrade to N Bruce, We recently completed a major deployment of 3,400+ Cisco 1142 AP's in our roughly 5 million sq ft of building space (replacing 200 old Cisco AP's of various flavors in the process). Our design was based on providing pervasive high bandwidth service to a high density population, so our existing cabling didn't do us much good. In our case, we found that electronic survey "estimation" tools were sufficient for determining AP placement so we were able to avoid the cost/time of doing large scale site surveys. We finished the academic side of campus back in May, and the residential side in August, so the results are pretty much in, and we are very happy with the result. Be warned that the vendors strongly discouraged us from doing this, and your mileage may vary. We would be glad to talk to you about our experience in more detail if you have an interest. Thanks, Greg Gardner Manager of Network Communications Information and Technology Services Rochester Institute of Technology Ross 10-A325 103 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 585-475-5838 [email protected] _____ From: "Entwistle, Bruce" <[email protected]> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:03:45 -0500 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Upgrade to N We are currently looking at upgrading our current Cisco 1200 autonomous APs, with WLSE management to a new wireless N network. The new vendor has yet to be determined. I was looking to learn from others who have made a similar migration how the move to N changed AP deployment? Was it a simple one for one replacement where you were able to install the new APs in the same location as the previous APs, eliminating the need for additional cabling? Was a new wireless survey conducted, requiring different AP locations? Please let me know what your experience has been. Thank you Bruce Entwistle Network Manager University of Redlands ********** 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/.
