Anthony, we're using Aruba AP225's, too. To avoid the "overload" problem in our test buildings, we put them in every 3rd room instead of every other room or every room. Students are reporting it's working great and it was significantly cheaper. As others have noted though, it all depends on your building construction...
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Anthony, Mark G <[email protected]> wrote: > We also design the same for the dorms (hallways) and for the same reasons. > However, it has been a problem on some of the newer dorms where the bed > rooms are located on the outer walls while all the kitchen/baths sit > between the user and ap. My question is has anyone been putting in the > Aruba AP225s in the dorms? They seem to be a lot loader than previous aps, > to where we have entire building turned as low as possible and every other > room 2.4 has to be turned off. > > Mark G. Anthony > Network Administrator > Information Technology Services > The Florida State University > Email [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin McCormick > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:47 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/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
