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Re: Wireless in the Dorms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis OReilly)
Tue Mar 29 10:14:50 2011
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Also if you put your APs in a line down a hallway you lose the
ability to triangulate to do location tracking. Never a good idea to
put APs in a line.
At 9:20 AM -0400 3/29/11, Bentley, Douglas wrote:
>We are a Cisco shop as well.
>
>We always have access issues in the student rooms so we had to
>install the 1142s in the hallways. We placed them about 75' apart
>from each other inside of Wiremold enclosures. We were challenged
>with the RRM because of the in-line placement of the APs and the
>system was setting the radios too low and we were having coverage
>holes in the rooms. We had to manually increase the radio to
>achieve the desired coverage. The overall coverage and connectivity
>is good.
>
>Good luck,
>-Doug
>
>
>
>Douglas Bentley | University IT/NC Network Engineering
>University of Rochester | 727 Elmwood Ave.| Rochester, NY 14620
>T: 585.275.6550 | Email:
><mailto:douglas.bentley@rochester.edu>douglas.bentley@rochester.edu
> P Please consider the environment before printing.
>
>
>
>From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
>Randy Ethridge
>Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:23 PM
>To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>Subject: Wireless in the Dorms
>
>We are adding wireless to our dorm space and I would like to know
>how other schools are running their wireless infrastructure in the
>dorms. Our dorms are the typical cinder block rooms stacked ontop of
>each other. We are a cisco shop and will be using the WISM and
>lightweight aps.
>Are you running your system manually or is the controller doing a good job?
>How dense is your ap deployment and what is the location of the ap
>(in the rooms or in the hallways)?
>What feedback do you get from the users (good or bad)?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Randy Ethridge
>Network Engineer V
>Information Services
>Eastern Illinois University
>rlethridge@eiu.edu
>
>Proud to say "I am EIU"
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<div>Also if you put your APs in a line down a hallway you lose the
ability to triangulate to do location tracking. Never a good idea to
put APs in a line.</div>
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<div>At 9:20 AM -0400 3/29/11, Bentley, Douglas wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>We are a Cisco shop as well.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>We always have access issues in the
student rooms so we had to install the 1142s in the hallways. We
placed them about 75' apart from each other inside of Wiremold
enclosures. We were challenged with the RRM because of the
in-line placement of the APs and the system was setting the radios too
low and we were having coverage holes in the rooms. We had to
manually increase the radio to achieve the desired coverage. The
overall coverage and connectivity is good. </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Good luck,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>-Doug</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Douglas<b> Bentley</b> | University IT/NC
Network Engineering</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>University of Rochester | 727 Elmwood
Ave.| Rochester, NY 14620</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>T: 585.275.6550 | Email: <a
href="mailto:douglas.bentley@rochester.edu"
>douglas.bentley@rochester.edu</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> P<b> Please
consider the environment before printing.</b></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>From:</b> Resnet Forum
[mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU]<b> On Behalf Of</b> Randy
Ethridge<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 28, 2011 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Wireless in the Dorms</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>We are adding wireless to our dorm space
and I would like to know how other schools are running their wireless
infrastructure in the dorms. Our dorms are the typical cinder block
rooms stacked ontop of each other. We are a cisco shop and will be
using the WISM and lightweight aps.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Are you running your system manually or
is the controller doing a good job?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>How dense is your ap deployment and what
is the location of the ap (in the rooms or in the
hallways)?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>What feedback do you get from the users
(good or bad)?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks.</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br>
<br>
Randy Ethridge<br>
Network Engineer V<br>
Information Services<br>
Eastern Illinois University<br>
rlethridge@eiu.edu<br>
<br>
Proud to say "I am EIU"<br>
<br>
EIU THINKS GREEN: Before printing this e-mail think if it is
necessary</blockquote>
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