David, During the spring and summer of 2012, the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus upgraded wireless in the dorms. We had b/g AP's in the dorm hallways and the wireless complaints were a constant reminder that we had to do something. We removed the AP's from the hallways and placed AP's in some of the dorm rooms, taking one of the wired ports for an AP. Overall, we went from around 600 AP's to 1600 AP's and to 802.11n throughout in the process. We've had very few calls where students have messed with the AP's. For rooms that we had to use one of the wired ports, we allow a small switch to be installed upon request. But we haven't seen many requests for that.
lj Larry Jennings IT Manager - Network Services The University of Tennessee 2309 Kingston Pike Bldg. Knoxville, TN 37996 Phone: 865.974.1619 Email: [email protected] SIP: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Robertson Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless in Residence Halls We are looking at how we install wireless in our Residence Halls for coverage. Currently we only place access points in the hallways, but are looking at moving them into the rooms for better coverage. We were wondering if anyone else has put the access points in the rooms and if they have seen a reduction in wireless complaint or if there have been issues with students playing with or disconnecting the access points. David R. -- David Robertson Service Delivery Manager Network Engineering Technology George Mason University Voice: 703-993-2443 Fax: 703-993-3505 ********** 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/.
