[26127] in resnet
Re: Wireless in the Dorms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cal Frye)
Tue Mar 29 12:07:22 2011
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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:06:54 -0400
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From: Cal Frye <cjf@calfrye.com>
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In-Reply-To: <748424A610B1024F8855FD34BED3638A21791D@Bramblewattle.nau.froot.nau.edu>
On 3/29/11 12:02 PM, Paul H Wagner wrote:
> By far our biggest problem was interference caused by students’ personal
> wireless routers (and, to a lesser extent, wireless printers). We tried
> for years to have students configure their routers to operate on channel
> 11 (we use channels 1 and 6 for B and G), but by this school year there
> were nearly twice as many personal wireless routers as NAU APs. Our
> signal was simply being drowned out. ...
> So those would be my two recommendations, from our experience: 1) get
> personal wireless routers out of your airspace; and 2) install your APs
> more densely than you think you need to right now.
This Devil's advocate might suggest you merely instruct the students to
set up their routers with your SSID and encryption keys and
"crowdsource" your wireless rollout ;-)
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Best regards
-- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
Mudd Library, x.56930 -- CIT will NEVER ask you for your password!
www.calfrye.com, www.oberlin.edu/cit/
"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." --Henry David Thoreau.
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