275 Trapeze/Juniper wireless APs. 0 failures in the last 2 years. 3 years ago 
we had about 5-7 failures due to a known flaw in the AP. Their older a/b/g 
model (MP-422 for those in the Trapeze/Juniper boat) had a problem of burning 
out the signal amplifier if the power was turned up too much. Before I arrived 
all the APs were cranked to the max; after setting more reasonable power 
levels, we’ve had no other problems.

Thomas Carter
Network & Operations Manager
Austin College

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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Access Point Failure Rate

I’m curious to know other institutions’ equipment failure rate for access 
points.

School: College of Charleston
Brand: Xirrus
Access Point Count: 692
RMA Replacements in the last year: 36
Failure rate: 5%

What do you observe?
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Jason Trinklein
Wireless Engineering Manager
College of Charleston
81 St. Philip Street | Office 311D | Charleston, SC 29403
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