We've moved partially to that, though not completely.
Suite based dorms (typically a common room, bathroom, and two or three bedrooms) and apartments get a single AP per suite/apartment. Drywall or thinner brick construction, we typically do every other room. We were able to get a drop in every room, though, so it's relatively easy to go back and adjust the deployment plan to fill in any coverage gaps that appear. A few of our dorms have cinder blocks that appear to be partially metallic based, with something like 40dB reduction in signal strength through a single wall for 5GHz. Those ones get an AP in each and every room. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Blaisdell <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 4, 2016 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Per room wireless How many on the list have moved to a per room model for wireless for student residence halls? Michael Blaisdell Director of Network Services IT Services Learning Commons/Library Saint Francis University 117 Evergreen Drive Loretto, PA 15940 814-472-3242 http://www.francis.edu The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay ********** 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/.
