One gotcha in hall designs is what your walls are made out of. Simple sheetrock fine. Concrete blocks not as fine. Lathe and plaster with metal mesh, Faraday cage. We have a music department with some sort of sound deading material that completely kills RF.
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin McCormick Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] WLAN design presentation tips? We installed in the hallways due to cost, access for maintenance, and concern of vandalism in room. Coverage from hallway using our design was excellent. We designed the layout in Cisco Prime. Testing after install showed the wireless working very well in the rooms, even on 5 Ghz. Wireless just needs planning and design considerations for the location and environment. -- Kevin McCormick uTech Network Services Western Illinois University On 10/21/2014 12:47 PM, Williams, Matthew wrote: > I've just started here at Kent State and I'm facing an uphill battle > regarding updating our WLAN design. All APs are deployed in the hallways and > we're rolling out 802.11ac. We'd like to move the APs into the rooms, but > the mere suggestion has been met with resistance. I was just wondering if > any of you had any tips or suggestions for trying presenting the new model to > upper management. Thanks for any suggestions that you might share! > > Respectfully, > > Matthew Williams > Kent State University > Network & Telecommunications Services > Office: (330) 672-7246 > Mobile: (330) 469-0445 > > > ********** > 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/.
