In the competitive stuff, I am seeing partners leading with Wave1 equipment because they get better pricing.
There are also some verticals where stability is more important (healthcare) and wave1 APs don't run as bleeding edge code. Thanks Jake Snyder Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 8:34 AM, Brian Helman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Excellent question. Their explanation seemed like more of an excuse – that > Wave 1 was proven. I think they probably have an inventory of Wave 1 AP’s > and/or are getting them at a better price. Personally I wouldn’t use them, > just because it doesn’t make sense to not install the most current > technology, but I loosely understand. Certainly we have peers on here who > are still rolling out 11n. > > -Brian > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W > (Network Services) > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 7:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Outsourced ResNet > > Any idea why they are specifying 11ac Wave 1 when Wave 2 APs are current? > > > > Bruce Osborne > Wireless Engineer > IT Network Oprations - Wireless > > (434) 592-4229 > > LIBERTY UNIVERSITY > Training Champions for Christ since 1971 > > From: Brian Helman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2016 10:57 AM > Subject: Outsourced ResNet > > We're talking with a large college-oriented service provider about > outsourcing our residence halls' networking (wireless and wired). > Originally, I was going to write this email in a neutral tone, but I'm just > not sold on the idea. I AM willing to listen to my peers on this list.... > > Anyone using these guys? Happy, dissatisfied, neutral? > > Assuming we look closer, I'd like to know how they handle guests: > student guests during the academic year > non-institutional residents .. ie "summer" guests that may be in > housing for 4 days to 2 months > non-student residents (faculty in residence, administrative offices > that may co-lo in res halls, etc) > > Some of our older res halls still have Cat5 cabling. This company is pushing > 11ac Wave 1 products. They minimize installation costs by re-using cabling. > Their specifications say that Cat5 for runs less than 150' is fine (for gbs > ethernet). I'm doing this in my house, so sure .. but thoughts? > > They don't guarantee a signal strength. They use a device count (4:1). Our > 5GHz standard is -60 or better. Concerns? > > One argument from sr management is -- Wouldn't you like the complaints to go > away? My answer is, if we are funded to update the design (most places we > currently have a coverage, not capacity design) they'll go away (we have 4 > buildings with 11ac, designed for capacity. They are the only buildings we > don't get complaints about). I do have consistency of service/experience > concerns. Getting the res halls working well is obviously great, but if they > then go to an academic building and the experience is different, that's a > little more overhead on the Help Desk. I'm also very concerned about > diverting funding such that only the res halls are fixed. > > Any other information .. again, good, bad or neutral .. as to why you used, > considered, are using an outsourced service? > > I'm not going to put the name of the company (starts with A, ends with EE) so > my question doesn't show up in obvious searches. Also, I'm only interested > in this service as it pertains to wireless (not cross posting to NETMAN). > > Feel free to ping me directly. > > -Brian > > ********** 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/.
