RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

[Chuck Enfield]

I think the time for new indoor DAS deployments in most buildings has 
passed.  If you’ve already invested in a head-end, it may be worthwhile to 
expand it.  If you haven’t done it yet, now is not the time to start.  Avoid 
anything you can possibly avoid until Wi-Fi calling and SMS makes indoor 
cellular coverage moot (could be a 3 to 5 years to 90% penetration in some 
markets).  Keep spending low by addressing anything you can’t avoid with OTA 
systems (no head-end) or femtocells.  Improve your Wi-Fi network with what 
you would have spent on DAS.



I don’t anticipate in-building public safety network requirements to drive 
installation of multi-provider systems.  Ignoring any specific or implied 
code requirements that the two systems be separate, supporting multiple 
service providers, technologies, and bands will drive up the installation 
cost and short the system life-cycle substantially over what would be 
required to support public safety alone. On a large scale, the price 
difference will likely continue to discourage DAS for cellular coverage.



Chuck Enfield

Manager, Wireless Systems & Engineering

Telecommunications & Networking Services

The Pennsylvania State University

110H, USB2, UP, PA 16802

ph: 814.863.8715

fx: 814.865.3988



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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Pete Hoffswell
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:47 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?



Hiya -



What is the current state of DAS in Higher Ed?



Are you using DAS systems on your campus?



For coverage or capacity or both?



Glad you did?



I'm interested to hear stories.  We have a few LEEDS buildings that are 
quite Faraday cage-like.  Wonder if we should explore DAS, wait for 
wifi-calling, or what




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Wireless LAN Professionals Conference in Phoenix

[Norman Elton]

Anyone going to the WLPC in Phoenix this year?

http://wlanpros.com/WLPC2016

I'd be happy to line up a higher ed get-together if anyone else is going.

Norman Elton
College of William & Mary

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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Ron Mirabile]

We have a Microsoft Surface Book and use as a convertible for site surveys.  So 
far it works well and the stylus is great for surveys.  


Ron Mirabile
Network and Telecom Services
Network Engineer – Wireless
541.346.7223



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To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?

-- 
Steve Fletty
Network Design Engineer
Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota
2218 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Jason Cook]

We have a motion J3500, it's quite heavy but connect-a-desk works well and 
no matter how light a device is you still want something to rest on for all but 
the smallest surveys. We use the stylus for surveys and disable hand 
recognition as it seems better for accuracy and certainly easier if you don't 
have to  hover your hand off the screen.

The only real advantage from this device is probably if you need long battery 
life. It has dual hot swappable power supplies and we have a 3rd with external 
charger. So you can survey 24/7 if your crazy enough.

--
Jason Cook
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Ph    : +61 8 8313 4800

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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Oliver, Jeff
Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2016 6:27 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

I know that I will get about 4 hours on a full charge (SP3) with the Ekahau 
nics and spectrum analyzer running in addition to the on-board nic, have not 
pushed it to the limit though.


Cheers,
Jeff



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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of McClintic, Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

To elaborate on my surface with a mouse... I use the stylus to click for 
surveying and the mouse to operate the menus when saving and verifying.

Does anyone with a Surface have recommendations for battery life? The yoga 
gives me much more time surveying before having to charge.

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From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watters, John
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:14 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

I just received a Surface Pro 4 that seems to be very good.









-jcw



John WattersThe University of Alabama

Office of Information Technology

205-348-3992

 





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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work



Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?



-- 

Steve Fletty

Network Design Engineer

Office of Information Technology

University of Minnesota

2218 University Ave SE

Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029

Phone: 612-625-1048



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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[John York]

Is Ekahu the software of choice?
Thanks
John

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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Mirabile
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:36 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

We have a Microsoft Surface Book and use as a convertible for site surveys.  So 
far it works well and the stylus is great for surveys.  


Ron Mirabile
Network and Telecom Services
Network Engineer – Wireless
541.346.7223



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Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 8:44 AM
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?

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Network Design Engineer
Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Daniel Brisson]

Same here.  I’ve played around with Ekahau.  It has some nice features and a 
slightly different approach, but I’m so used to walking around with AirMagnet 
that I stayed with it.

-dan


— 

Dan Brisson
Network Engineer
University of Vermont








On 2/17/16, 7:12 PM, "The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
on behalf of Steve Fletty"  wrote:

>We have Airmagnet Survey Pro.
>
>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 4:11 PM, John York  wrote:
>> 
>> Is Ekahu the software of choice?
>> Thanks
>> John
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Mirabile
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:36 PM
>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
>> 
>> We have a Microsoft Surface Book and use as a convertible for site surveys.  
>> So far it works well and the stylus is great for surveys.  
>> 
>> 
>> Ron Mirabile
>> Network and Telecom Services
>> Network Engineer – Wireless
>> 541.346.7223
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 8:44 AM
>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
>> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
>> 
>> Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Steve Fletty
>> Network Design Engineer
>> Office of Information Technology
>> University of Minnesota
>> 2218 University Ave SE
>> Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
>> Phone: 612-625-1048
>> 
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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

[Wyatt Schill]

Our local laws are now that public safety radios must have the same signal 
inside new buildings as outside, so life safety radio DAS is mandatory for our 
last 3 buildings, as well as anything new in the future.


As far as cellular DAS, we looked into it with a few vendors and were told 7 
figures per building, and since the carriers are pushing everyone to move to 
wifi calling, they won’t work with an institution our size even if we did have 
the money.  Policy makers on campus decided the college does not have an 
obligation to provide cell service so the project died.

Wyatt


Wyatt Schill
Senior Network Engineer
Green River College
12401 SE 320th St. Auburn, WA 98092
wsch...@greenriver.edu

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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Pete Hoffswell
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:47 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

Hiya -

What is the current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

Are you using DAS systems on your campus?

For coverage or capacity or both?

Glad you did?

I'm interested to hear stories.  We have a few LEEDS buildings that are quite 
Faraday cage-like.  Wonder if we should explore DAS, wait for wifi-calling, or 
what

-
Pete Hoffswell - Network Manager
pete.hoffsw...@davenport.edu
http://www.davenport.edu
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Steve Fletty]

We have Airmagnet Survey Pro.

> On Feb 17, 2016, at 4:11 PM, John York  wrote:
> 
> Is Ekahu the software of choice?
> Thanks
> John
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Mirabile
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:36 PM
> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
> 
> We have a Microsoft Surface Book and use as a convertible for site surveys.  
> So far it works well and the stylus is great for surveys.  
> 
> 
> Ron Mirabile
> Network and Telecom Services
> Network Engineer – Wireless
> 541.346.7223
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 8:44 AM
> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
> 
> Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?
> 
> -- 
> Steve Fletty
> Network Design Engineer
> Office of Information Technology
> University of Minnesota
> 2218 University Ave SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
> Phone: 612-625-1048
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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Jason Cook]

We have ESS, chose it over AirMagnet (did check both out) a few years back as 
the 3rd party we were dealing with to help get us on track for understanding RF 
and site survey's used Ekahau. 

No complaints. 

--
Jason Cook
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Ph    : +61 8 8313 4800


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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Daniel Brisson
Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2016 10:46 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

Same here.  I’ve played around with Ekahau.  It has some nice features and a 
slightly different approach, but I’m so used to walking around with AirMagnet 
that I stayed with it.

-dan


— 

Dan Brisson
Network Engineer
University of Vermont








On 2/17/16, 7:12 PM, "The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
on behalf of Steve Fletty"  wrote:

>We have Airmagnet Survey Pro.
>
>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 4:11 PM, John York  wrote:
>> 
>> Is Ekahu the software of choice?
>> Thanks
>> John
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Mirabile
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:36 PM
>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
>> 
>> We have a Microsoft Surface Book and use as a convertible for site surveys.  
>> So far it works well and the stylus is great for surveys.  
>> 
>> 
>> Ron Mirabile
>> Network and Telecom Services
>> Network Engineer – Wireless
>> 541.346.7223
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
>> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 8:44 AM
>> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
>> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
>> 
>> Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Steve Fletty
>> Network Design Engineer
>> Office of Information Technology
>> University of Minnesota
>> 2218 University Ave SE
>> Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
>> Phone: 612-625-1048
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

[Julian Y Koh]

On Wed Feb 17 2016 12:46:30 CST, Pete Hoffswell 
<0012b553021b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.educause.edu> wrote:
> 
> I'm interested to hear stories.  We have a few LEEDS buildings that are quite 
> Faraday cage-like.  Wonder if we should explore DAS, wait for wifi-calling, 
> or what

We have indoor DAS (iDAS) installed in a few buildings.  It's horrendously 
expensive, and there's pretty much no chance anymore of getting carriers to 
help fund it.  

The ACUTA group just did a series of webinars on cellular technologies and 
forecasting for the future, if you're a member of that organization.  Wi-Fi 
calling is definitely going to play a key role.  

You might also want to look at what local regulations you have for public 
safety radios (police/fire/etc walkie-talkies) - there may be requirements for 
your institution to make sure that those signals can get into these new 
buildings too.

-- 
Julian Y. Koh
Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services
Northwestern Information Technology

2001 Sheridan Road #G-166
Evanston, IL 60208
+1-847-467-5780
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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

[Sullivan, Don]

We did an initial investigation of DAS but the costs were described to me as 
“sickenly”expensive so we dropped it.

Don Sullivan
Network Administrator
205-726-2111

From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Pete Hoffswell
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:47 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

Hiya -

What is the current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

Are you using DAS systems on your campus?

For coverage or capacity or both?

Glad you did?

I'm interested to hear stories.  We have a few LEEDS buildings that are quite 
Faraday cage-like.  Wonder if we should explore DAS, wait for wifi-calling, or 
what

-
Pete Hoffswell - Network Manager
pete.hoffsw...@davenport.edu
http://www.davenport.edu
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Hector Rios

[Legge, Jeffry]

Hector, I read some of your responses on Flex Connect and was wondering if you  
would be willing to talk to me offline.

Jeff Legge
Radford University
540-831-7727
jgle...@radford.edu

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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Oliver, Jeff]

I know that I will get about 4 hours on a full charge (SP3) with the Ekahau 
nics and spectrum analyzer running in addition to the on-board nic, have not 
pushed it to the limit though.


Cheers,
Jeff



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Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:43 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

To elaborate on my surface with a mouse... I use the stylus to click for 
surveying and the mouse to operate the menus when saving and verifying.

Does anyone with a Surface have recommendations for battery life? The yoga 
gives me much more time surveying before having to charge.

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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watters, John
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:14 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

I just received a Surface Pro 4 that seems to be very good.









-jcw



John WattersThe University of Alabama

Office of Information Technology

205-348-3992

 





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Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:44 AM

To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU

Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work



Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?



-- 

Steve Fletty

Network Design Engineer

Office of Information Technology

University of Minnesota

2218 University Ave SE

Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029

Phone: 612-625-1048



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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[McClintic, Thomas]

To elaborate on my surface with a mouse... I use the stylus to click for 
surveying and the mouse to operate the menus when saving and verifying.

Does anyone with a Surface have recommendations for battery life? The yoga 
gives me much more time surveying before having to charge.

-Original Message-
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watters, John
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

I just received a Surface Pro 4 that seems to be very good.









-jcw



John WattersThe University of Alabama

Office of Information Technology

205-348-3992

 





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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work



Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?



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Steve Fletty

Network Design Engineer

Office of Information Technology

University of Minnesota

2218 University Ave SE

Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029

Phone: 612-625-1048



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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Watters, John]

I just received a Surface Pro 4 that seems to be very good.




-jcw

John WattersThe University of Alabama
Office of Information Technology
205-348-3992
 


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From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:44 AM
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?

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Steve Fletty
Network Design Engineer
Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota
2218 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
Phone: 612-625-1048

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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Hinojosa,Rafael]

Old survey gear were a pair of Lenovo T61s.  I purchased a connect-a-desk 
(http://tinyurl.com/4jjg6w) after my first few survey’s w/ the T61 cuz, well, 
they’re heavy.

I’ll 2nd the Surface Pro 3. I didn’t go the mouse option, cuz I’m not sure how 
that would work.  I did get an enclosure w/ a hand grip, the Incipio Capture 
(http://tinyurl.com/pofnyf7) - its not bad, the hand grip is really nice, but 
its construction materials could be better, IMO.   The Surface will eventually 
start to feel heavy, but it isn’t as extreme a workout as the T61s were & the 
hand grip on the Incipio is nice. 

2nd Survey Laptop is a Dell Latitude E7450.   Its nice & light, but I'll still 
use the connect-a-desk w/ it on long surveys for ease of use.   

Both of them have Fluke’s multi-adpater kit & I have one of their Spectrum 
Analyzer USB cards that I can swap back & forth as needed.  Thinking about 
getting a Wi-Spy DBx & Channalyzer just to have another spectrum option 
available. 







On Feb 17, 2016, at 11:58 AM, McClintic, Thomas  
wrote:

> I have used tough books, yoga and surface pro 3.
> 
> Of all of these, the surface pro 3 was my favorite. Be sure to have a mouse 
> because Survey Pro just feels better in my opinion with it. 
> 
> I'm interested to hear other opinions.
> 
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:44 AM
> To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work
> 
> Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?
> 
> -- 
> Steve Fletty
> Network Design Engineer
> Office of Information Technology
> University of Minnesota
> 2218 University Ave SE
> Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
> Phone: 612-625-1048
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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[Oliver, Jeff]

I really like my surface pro 3, for the actual survey I use the stylus but for 
the setup and post survey use mouse.



Cheers,
Jeff


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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of McClintic, Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 9:58 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

I have used tough books, yoga and surface pro 3.

Of all of these, the surface pro 3 was my favorite. Be sure to have a mouse 
because Survey Pro just feels better in my opinion with it. 

I'm interested to hear other opinions.

-Original Message-
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:44 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?

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Steve Fletty
Network Design Engineer
Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota
2218 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
Phone: 612-625-1048

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Current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

[Pete Hoffswell]

Hiya -

What is the current state of DAS in Higher Ed?

Are you using DAS systems on your campus?

For coverage or capacity or both?

Glad you did?

I'm interested to hear stories.  We have a few LEEDS buildings that are
quite Faraday cage-like.  Wonder if we should explore DAS, wait for
wifi-calling, or what

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Pete Hoffswell - Network Manager
pete.hoffsw...@davenport.edu
http://www.davenport.edu

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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

[McClintic, Thomas]

I have used tough books, yoga and surface pro 3.

Of all of these, the surface pro 3 was my favorite. Be sure to have a mouse 
because Survey Pro just feels better in my opinion with it. 

I'm interested to hear other opinions.

-Original Message-
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Fletty
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 10:44 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] tablet for site survey work

Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?

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Steve Fletty
Network Design Engineer
Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota
2218 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
Phone: 612-625-1048

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tablet for site survey work

[Steve Fletty]

Anyone have an recommendations for a tablet for site survey work?

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Network Design Engineer
Office of Information Technology
University of Minnesota
2218 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029
Phone: 612-625-1048

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