I agree, all look like good "trending topics". >> I’m not going to include all of my notes from the session or this email will >> be painfully long.
To the contrary, I've love to review your notes. If they're already electronic, would you mind sharing a copy? Thanks! Norman Elton William & Mary On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Brian Helman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As I said Friday when I sent out the notes from the NETMAN session, let me > start off my apologizing for taking a full month to get these out… > > > > Secondly, again a huge thanks to Ryan Turner (UNC Chapel Hill) for putting > the surveys together for both the Wireless-LAN and NETMAN discussions. Also > as I said Friday, this is the first time we tried this method. I think we > worked the bugs out during the NETMAN session, making the limited > Wireless-LAN session time more efficient … > > > > I’m not going to include all of my notes from the session or this email will > be painfully long. I’ve commented on some topics, but hopefully this list > will spur continued conversation on the list. I’ve also included a few > items from the NETMAN session that touched on wireless networking (first 3 > bullet items). > > > > Just a quick metric, we had 57 people in the session, representing ~50 > different institutions. > > > > Top Trending Topics > > · NAC (just doesn’t want to go away) – onboarding for both wired and > wireless networks > > · Use of “hospitality wireless units” such as the Aruba 205H > (physically, where are they being places? For lower installs, are they > being damaged?) > > · People are just now starting to look at MGBase-T (2.5/5Gbs > Ethernet, especially for access point uplinks) > > · Wireless performance – how best to measure/test > > · 2.4GHz vs 5GHz – clients still preferring 2.4GHz unless radio very > close > > · How are you designing your placement of AP’s – checkboard vs every > room > > o Is there a placebo effect – if the AP isn’t in the room, do people > complain that their signal isn’t good even if the signal strength is > excellent? > > · 20MHz vs 40HMz vs 80MHz channels > > · Transitioning vendors > > o Who are you currently with; who are you moving to? > > o Cisco & Aruba are dominating the industry (of the 50ish unique > institutions, Cisco and Aruba were about equal, combined accounting for 90% > of the installs. There were no more than 2 institutions using the same > vendor). > > · TLS vs PEAP vs MSCHAPv2 – discussion about forcing install of > certs on Guest Wireless > > · EDUROAM – mix of using EDUROAM as primary SSID > > o Branding was not a driving force for not/using > institutionally-associated SSID name (e.g SalemState) > > o Dual SSID’s was common to begin rollout, with intention of only using > EDUROAM down the line > > · Open wireless – moving toward (1) or away (4) > > · Usual issues with students bringing up their own hotspots in > ResNet settings > > · Has anyone adopted WiFi calling? > > > > To those who attended, thank you (especially considering it was such an > early start!). If you didn’t .. next year we’re in Philadelphia. We hope > to see you there! > > > > -Brian Helman, Salem State University > > -Ryan Turner, UNC Chapel Hill > > ********** 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/.
