Who really ever has enough time? We have to provide the technology they want even if our stack of things to do is already overwhelming. It comes with the job.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Karl Hehr Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:13 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] Roll your own wireless It's not a Kia vs Lexus issue. It is more about if u feel u have the time to support a wireless system that you installed. If u do go to town but u don't so we bought the Xirrus. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:03 AM, "Richardson,Tony" <trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.us> wrote: I agree you get what you pay for and flying an engineer in for repairs is impressive, however because you purchase say the 3com/hp product or Aruba from CDWG doesn’t mean you can’t purchase a support contract from HP or Aruba. If I was to pay $80,000.00 to put XIRRUS wireless in I would expect no less than the type of service you have received. I have money for wireless but not that much. Would I have the LEXUS of wireless if I could afford it… yes From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Karl Hehr Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:39 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] Roll your own wireless Remember, you get what you pay for, when you "roll your own" you get now guarantees and you are on your own. ANY of the wireless companies: Xirrus, Ruckus, Cisco, they all stand behind their work. When YOU buy the APs and install on your own, YOU are the only person to go to. When you are talking about wireless you are talking mission critical stuff especially if you are a 1:1. I had an issue with our XIrrus arrays and they flew an engineer from Arizona the next day to fix it on THEIR dime.One of the things I learned VERY early is that you need to be able to put a value on your time, and for me at least, my time is better used somewhere else, so get a wireless solution I can install and ignore, and is guaranteed. Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams On Sep 3, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Richardson,Tony wrote: I know Xirrus is cool but they wanted $50,000.00 just to do my High School. It would cost $80,000.00 for my whole district. I can’t believe they are that special… more convenience if anything. I would like to take some of the money not spent on Xirrus and put it into other technology. From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Brad Kruse Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:08 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] Roll your own wireless Tony, I know they are expensive, but Xirrus is great. We now have 400 laptops running of six of their access points in one building without issues. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Scott Fosseen [Prairie Lakes AEA] <sfoss...@aea8.k12.ia.us> wrote: I would guess it depends on your wireless goals. If you just need to supply a handful of devices connectivity it is not too much of an issue to install Access Points. If you are planning on getting into high density coverage to ensure sufficient bandwidth for many devices grouped together such as a 1-to-1 then working with an experienced installer may save you time and money. There are a few vendors such as Xirrus that include installation, and guarantee coverage as part of the equipment costs. From: Richardson,Tony <mailto:trichard...@humboldt.k12.ia.us> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:38 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Roll your own wireless Anyone out there do your own (no vendor) wireless for your district? Is this dangerous from a support perspective? I was thinking of either HP/3COM or Aruba. Doesn’t seem to be really that much cheaper. Input on this would help. -- Brad Kruse MNW Technology Coordinator 1601 15th St. Manson, IA 50563 712-830-9665
