I have had site surveys done from Xirrus, Aruba and Ruckus so I have a pretty good handle on where the APs go for 1:1 coverage. They all pegged out pretty much the same locations. Even Xirrus was a good representation of the same locations just took less devices.
From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Pearson, Jeremy Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:19 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Roll your own wireless Our local telco is installing the wireless in our high school and central office building. They were more expensive than Xirrus, but our Board wanted the local vendor involved. They are guaranteeing the coverage and functionality of the system, and when it doesn't work, we just make a phone call. It is their problem. If you wanted to look at something to do yourself, one thing you may want to have done is the site survey, to at least tell you what you need and where to locate your APs. From that point on, you can do the install, purchase the equipment spec'd and save some money in those regards. There are too many variables with wireless, and I know from our site surveys here that I was amazed at the information that it showed. From there, we could have done everything ourselves. Just something to think about. Have a great weekend everyone!!! Jeremy ________________________________ From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 7:29 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Roll your own wireless 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
