Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] How many drops 802.11ac phase 2

[Jeffrey Sessler]

Pulling two during construction is a lot less expensive then going back at a later date to add more. I'd consider the additional cable more for expanding the number of AP's at a later date rather than trying to satisfy any theoretical max bandwidth in 11ac phase 2. After all, if you're designing for real-time applications in 5GHz e.g. VoIP, the number of AP's will be high enough that your clients-per-ap will be very low, and thus unlikely to ever operate at the theoretical max.   My residence halls have had "gigabit to the pillow" since 2003, and even at it's peak usage, the 1Gbs trunks from each 80-100 bed hall never got much above 20-15% utilization. I have serious doubts that my WiFi in any of the same halls will ever be higher.   Jeff >>> On Friday, February 07, 2014 at 6:54 AM, in message <ae02fafc3abcfd40978e7790c66e548782898...@ebhazard03.bc.edu>, Brian David <brian.da...@bc.edu> wrote: All, I wanted to see how many people were planning on running 2 drops to 802.11ac phase 2 access points? Currently we are just doing a one for one swap when replacing an older a/b/g AP’s with 802.11ac phase 1 AP’s When you have new construction, do you plan on running 2 drops so when phase 2 come into play you will be all set for it?     Brian J David Network Systems Boston College     ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.