We have more users but I still concur with Richard in both comments regarding drivers in general and the RealTek cards.
--- Walter Reynolds Principal Systems Security Development Engineer ITS Communications Systems and Data Centers University of Michigan (734) 615-9438 > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nathan > Hay > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Experiences with Meru > > Richard, > > We are a much smaller school (3000), but we run Meru 802.11n in most of our > academic buildings and Meru a/b/g in all our dorms. > > We've had some driver issues, but not many. I do know that RealTek cards > don't > work well with Meru unless you set "Connect even if the network is not > broadcasting" for the wireless network (even if it is broadcasting). The > general > conclusion by Meru customers (and Meru, I think) is that this is a RealTek > problem. > > If any of our students report wireless problems, our technicians usually > update > drivers as part of the troubleshooting. I rarely see driver issues make it > past our first > level of support (except for the RealTek issue) because an update usually > fixes any > problems. > > Nathan > > > Nathan P. Hay > Network Engineer, Computer Services > Cedarville University > 937-766-7905 > www.cedarville.edu > > > >>> "R. Smit" <[email protected]> 3/10/2010 7:24 AM >>> > > > Hello, > > > > I have a question for other Universities who are using Meru wireless 802.11n > networks. We are in the process of doing a Proof of Concept on Meru’s > technology > of single cell architecture. We ran into a few issues and I was wondering how > other > universities are dealing with these kind of issues or maybe they didn’t > experience > any issues at all. > > > > We noticed that clients with older drivers were unable to connect to the Meru > network but after updating the drivers it worked fine. For example Intel > 3945ABG > chipset needed the 12.x driver to connect. So the default driver in Microsoft > Vista is > out dated. We have about 40,000 students and they all have their own laptop. > Does > anyone had to deal with this kind of problems? And how did you manage it in a > large > environment? > > Does anyone experience that Meru is very demanding on client configuration and > driver and hardware versions? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > Richard Smit > Hogeschool van Amsterdam > University of Professional Education > > > > > > ********** 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/.
