5 years, 315 APs, 0 failures. Extreme Networks / Enterasys
*--Jeremy L. Gibbs* Sr. Network Engineer Utica College IITS T: (315) 223-2383 F: (315) 792-3814 E: [email protected] http://www.utica.edu On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Thomas Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Trinklein, Jason R > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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? > > -- > > *Jason Trinklein* > > *Wireless Engineering Manager* > > College of Charleston > > 81 St. Philip Street | Office 311D | Charleston, SC 29403 > > [email protected] | (843) 300–8009 > > ********** 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/.
