100 resident students, 12 dorm parents, two floors. All have private devices, including Wii, xbox, ipad, etc. All stream youtube, Netflix, skype, etc. Friday night is probably our heaviest usage. Three or four APs in the dorm area. Have seen as many as 50+ on an individual AP with no problems being reported. Bob Williamson Network Administrator Annie Wright Schools | 827 N Tacoma Ave, Tacoma, WA 98403 | www.aw.org<http://www.aw.org/> D: 253.272.2216 | F: 253.572.3616 | [email protected]
Mission: Annie Wright's strong community cultivates individual learners to become well-educated, creative, and responsible citizens for a global society. Find Annie Wright Schools on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/anniewrightschools> Follow our Head of Schools on Twitter @AWShead<http://www.twitter.com/awshead> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Sessler Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] students per AP in residence halls If the system is designed for performance and redundant coverage between AP's in the 5 GHz band, it's unlikely that the ratio of students per AP will even come into play except in your more public/general spaces e.g. living room. In our newer residential halls, our design results in there being no more than six users per dual-band AP. Our residents tend to have at least three devices now, so it's really 18 devices per AP. best, Jeff >>> On Friday, January 11, 2013 at 6:50 AM, in message >>> <CAEj2BjB2OBN=j74TsnWgkquytQgCcN0rFp6Z06=qhjmmv3s...@mail.gmail.com<mailto:CAEj2BjB2OBN=j74TsnWgkquytQgCcN0rFp6Z06=qhjmmv3s...@mail.gmail.com>>, >>> Tom O'Donnell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I was wondering what other schools have for a ratio of students to AP's in the residence halls, either definitely or approximately? If you have such a number, how do you count dual-band AP's? They're doing more than a 2.4GHz AP, but not quite as much as two AP's. Then one last related question... Would anyone know their relative mix of 2.4GHz vs. 5GHz connections in residence halls? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------- Tom O'Donnell Senior Manager of Network and Server Systems Information Technology Services University of Maine at Farmington (207) 778-7336 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.<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/.
