In our ongoing deployments switching from Cisco to Juniper, we are using the new SSID as a way to advertise the new service and differentiate possible wireless connectivity issues. This has been very useful for campus communication and instructions to our help desk, but has lead to minor issues where some non-technical management have difficulty differentiating between the service and the hardware. Overall, I agree with option 3.
Keith Noah University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Network Operations Center Cell:414-810-6789 Office:414-229-4972 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce W Osborne" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:12:08 AM Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Multi vendor interoperability on Campus I would recommend 3. When we moved from Cisco to Aruba in 2008, we used a different SSID and tried to deploy the new system geographically to minimize multi-vendor interaction. We did a rapid deployment in our dorms over winter break. Bruce Osborne Wireless Network Engineer IT Network Services (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 40 Years of Training Champions for Christ: 1971-2011 From: Becker, Jason [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:34 AM Subject: Multi vendor interoperability on Campus What are others doing to get interoperability when you have multiple wireless vendors on campus? We are transitioning to a new system and trying to think of all the issues we may run into during this. A little background about our layout… a building will have all the same vendor AP's but adjacent building may not, over 100 buildings on campus, total of 4000+ across campus, systems will have different ip pool space, and limited outdoor coverage. Ideas 1. Same ssid across both systems and let the clients choose what system. 2. Same ssid and adjust the probe/reponse thresholds so clients outside of a building don't connect. 3. Have versions of ssids for each system so clients can choose what ssid to connect to. Thanks, Jason ********** 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/.
