The faculty in our Physics department had concerns as well as one researcher in Chemistry. Per agreement, we installed wireless in the same manner as anywhere else on campus but we turned the power down very low (Cisco 3502i lightweight access points with power level 5 in the 2.4 GHz range) near designated lab areas. We've had it this way for several years without any complaints from users or faculty.
If you are using Cisco Clean Air or the equivalent, I suppose you might argue that if the APs cannot "see" the lab equipment then the lab equipment should not be affected by the APs. Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College 148 West College Street Oberlin, OH 44074 440-775-8702 http://www2.oberlin.edu/staff/bhulver/ On 6/4/13 5:22 PM, Julian Y Koh wrote: > Has anyone had to deal with researchers claiming that 802.11 RF causes > interference with their laboratory experiments and apparatus? We're getting > rumblings out of our Physics department - they are trying to prevent APs from > getting installed in their area because of what they say are highly sensitive > devices that will be adversely affected. > > My personal opinion is....well, I'll withhold that for now. Anyone gone > through this? Thanks in advance! > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
