We don't get complaints about APs in the rooms, but I have thought about starting a rumor that the real danger is ad-hoc/wifi direct printers. After all, they're blasting at 20dbm out of the box compared to my whisper-quiet APs. Parents that care would either take those things back to Best Buy or have their child connect it to *our* network like a responsible adult. :)
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 6:43 PM Casey Feskens <[email protected]> wrote: > We did before/after student satisfaction surveys and found a 50% > favorability improvement (35-85% good or better) moving to an > every-other-room in-room architecture vs hallway AP's. > > We did just have our first request for AP removal though. Thankfully, our > Housing staff is accommodating. > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 4:38 PM Jason Cook <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Same here.. Not at IT issue 😊 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jason Cook >> >> Information Technology and Digital Services >> >> The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains >> information which may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the >> intended recipient please do not read, save, forward, disclose, or copy the >> contents of this email. 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Virus scanning >> is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. >> >> >> >> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv < >> [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Turner, Ryan H >> *Sent:* Friday, 6 September 2019 6:19 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Performance improvements from hallway to >> in-room >> >> >> >> We point them to Environmental Health and Safety 😊 >> >> >> >> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv < >> [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Christopher Brizzell >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 5, 2019 4:26 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Performance improvements from hallway to >> in-room >> >> >> >> Just be ready for some amount of backlash from an angry/ignorant parent. >> Every year (including yesterday) we have parents contact us saying we >> needed to remove all APs from bedrooms because of the health risk to the >> students living in those spaces. >> >> >> >> Thank you for the information, however. Any amount of proof to help >> solidify our decision helps. >> >> >> >> >> >> Chris Brizzell >> >> Assistant Director of Network and Technical Services and Network >> Administrator >> >> Skidmore College >> >> [email protected] >> >> 518-580-5994 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv < >> [email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Turner, Ryan H >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 5, 2019 1:43 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Performance improvements from hallway to >> in-room >> >> >> >> All: >> >> >> >> We all know that moving from hallway deployments to in-room deployments >> pays dividends. This summer we started doing some re-cabling work on >> smaller dorms to move from hallway to in-room. We also went away from >> Aruba higher performance APs to the hospitality APs for these locations. >> Even though the AP cost is significantly less, the cabling costs made this >> move a premium option. Nonetheless, thanks to data provided to us from >> Nyansa Voyance, we are able to clearly demonstrate to Housing that these >> funds were well spent. After the changes, these dorms went from some of >> the worst performing locations on campus to some of the best. When you >> look at the graphs below, the Y axis is percentage of users that are >> affected by poor wifi performance (I believe Nyansa measures this as >> clients that experience a 25% retransmit rate from the AP to client). With >> Nyansa, it determines behavior on usage level. So when you see the dashed >> line, it means that usage was below or above the threshold during that time >> frame. I picked the usage level that would show the most complete picture, >> but going from low/medium/high all show the same improvement levels. >> >> >> >> Carmichael: >> >> >> >> >> >> Lewis: >> >> >> >> Everett: >> >> >> >> Ryan Turner >> >> Head of Networking >> >> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >> >> +1 919 445 0113 Office >> >> +1 919 274 7926 Mobile >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> ********** >> Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire >> community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the >> message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. >> Additional participation and subscription information can be found at >> https://www.educause.edu/community >> >> ********** >> Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire >> community list. 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