We have given an AppleTV device to each instructor to use in their classroom instruction. At the same time each student was required to bring an iPad to college. We decided not to hardwire or permanently mount the AppleTV’s in the classroom, but rather give each instructor one as part of their kit. Each instructor already has a college issued PC laptop.
So of course to support that initiative, we did the following with our wireless infrastructure: 1) We upgraded our Aruba wireless controller to include the AirGroup code. That controller participates in each of the classroom VLAN’s in that it has an IP address in each of those classroom subnets. 2) We installed wired network connections at the front of each classroom, so that the AppleTV could have a wired network connection. This setup was designed to work well if the AppleTV is connected to a wired Ethernet connection. 3) We installed new AP-135’s in each classroom. Small classrooms get one AP, larger lecture theatres get multiple AP’s. We tend to have no trouble connecting 50 wireless devices per radio on each AP. We aggressively band steer to push clients to connect at 5GHz rather than 2.4GHz 4) We implemented Aruba AirWave monitoring system to deal with any troubleshooting, diagnostic, capacity monitoring needs. This has been a fabulous help for our network administrator. 5) We advised each instructor to name his/her AppleTV with their distinctive name or class name. We advised them to use the on-screen security function. We did not implement the ClearPass self-service solution from Aruba. Thus, any iPad can see any AppleTv on campus that is currently connected to the wired network – but they need the on screen code to connect to a particular AppleTv 6) We have a public non-encrypted SSID that only gets internet access. We also have a secure SSID with 802.1x authentication using the same AD credentials as you use to login to college lab PC’s. With this SSID, iPads can see the classroom subnets on which the AppleTv’s broadcast their presence. The AppleTV’s are on wired network connections, and the iPads are on wireless connections. Both devices will be in totally different IP subnets. Through the multicast proxy function of the Aruba AirGroup, they see each other and connect. We now generally have about 1500 concurrent wireless devices on the wireless network during any given day. Before this initiative we were only at about 500 concurrent wireless devices/day. So we have tripled our device count in the last year. The Aruba AirGroup technology has worked very very well for us. Many instructors have commented how simple & easy the solution works … just plug in the AppleTV, it appears on the iPad, select the appropriate AirPlay device – viola it appears on screen. So for our size of institution this has worked very well. Joe Guenther *Joe Guenther* *IT Infrastructure Manager* IT Department Olds College *Phone:* 403-507-7923 *Cell: *403-559-8340 *www.oldscollege.ca* <http://www.oldscollege.ca/> * <http://www.oldscollege.ca/>*[image: Olds College] <http://www.oldscollege.ca/> <http://www.oldscollege.ca/> *From:* Hurt,Trenton W. [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Friday, June 13, 2014 7:31 AM *Subject:* apple tv wired/wireless For the folks that have apple tvs on campus. How are they connecting to the network? Wired/wireless ********** 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/.
