Aruba does have a solution like this in the AP-93H. We have had success with these in our residence halls. http://www.arubanetworks.com/products/access-points/ap-93h/
Kade P. Cole - kc...@siue.edu - (618) 650-3377 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - ITS Network and Infrastructure - Network Engineer III On 19 Jan 2012, at 10:44 AM, "Coehoorn, Joel" <jcoeho...@york.edu> wrote: > We're looking into a wall-box form factor for our access points. Something > along the lines of one of these: > > http://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/zoneflex-indoor/7025 > http://www.extremenetworks.com/products/altitude-4511.aspx > http://www.panoptictechnology.com/smart-room-network-jacks/ > > They're designed to fit into a traditional electrical wall box (like the one > that's probably already there for an existing network drop) and they provide > a passthrough port, so a student can still plug in a wired device like an > xbox without messing the functional parts of the AP. The student may not even > know there's an access point there. > > This won't work for everyone, since the big Aruba/Cisco players don't have > this form factor. We're small enough we don't even have a controller and use > fat APs. But I thought this was still worth mentioning for those with mixed > environments or anyone using Ruckus or Extreme.. As a side note: is anyone > else eager for a common AP/Controller interaction standard, to be able to > bring one vendor's access points to another's controller? > > > > > Joel Coehoorn > Director of Information Technology > York College, Nebraska > 402.363.5603 > jcoeho...@york.edu > > > The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered > education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and > society > > > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote: > To that point- I have had to hit manual override on the fabled RRM algorithm > in spots where the APs influence each other to the detriment of the clients. > Typically amounts to setting a new min power level that the APs are not > allowed to go below, and occasionally going old-school setting fixed power. I > find the auto power/channel thing to be good, but not above reproach. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of phanset > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:10 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless in Residence Halls > > David, > > Let me add that we cover between 5 to 6 students per AP (we stagger APs > between floors), and when an AP goes down, > we rarely receive a complaint since there is enough overlap between APs. So > we can take some time to fix the problem (referring to the room access issue). > > As Larry mentioned, we used to have many complaints with our hallway 2.4 GHz > design, we have almost none with our bedroom 5 GHz design. > The cost is different of course! > > BTW, good luck to have a decent coverage at 5 GHz if you plan to cover from > the hallway. The attenuation is atrocious! > It is hard to reach the room, and APs "see" each other in the hallway forcing > the RADIO algorithm to reduce power. > (at least with the kind of buildings that we have at UTK) > > Best, > > Season's Greetings, > > Philippe > www.eduroamus.org > > On Dec 19, 2012, at 10:30 AM, "Jennings, Larry W" <ljenn...@utk.edu> wrote: > > > 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: ljenn...@utk.edu > > SIP: ljenn...@utk.edu > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of David Robertson > > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:37 AM > > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > > 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/. > > > > ********** > 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/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
