[26141] in resnet
Re: issues in wireless Only rooms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cal Frye)
Fri Apr 1 09:31:01 2011
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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 09:30:42 -0400
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From: Cal Frye <cjf@calfrye.com>
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On 3/31/11 5:10 PM, SHIH, WENDY wrote:
>
> 1. Do you have more wireless support issues than wired issues at the
> beginning of the semester?
Not really. Unlike Pete, we're not using 802.1x (yet?) and so connecting
wirelessly is rather simpler here.
> 2. If you still have both wired and wireless in rooms, please let me
> know why users won't use wireless and the percentage of devices on wired
> ports. Are they connected to ethernet only because their desktop or
> consoles don't have the wireless built-in or because of other reasons
> such as speed and reliability?
We still have a small number of clients with desktops (maybe 10%), which
typically lack wireless interfaces. You're going to get to know your
gaming community pretty well ;-) I see a number of game consoles on the
wired network, too.
If you plan for a dense enough wireless implementation, you should be
OK. We used to survey just for signal strength, but now we also account
for number of users/access point, to keep performance up.
--
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/
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