RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Ok, I got an answer back about the Cornell WiFi coverage map powered by Google and in short what our web developer had to say is: It's built using the Google API overlay with Java scripting at the browser level and server level scripts on ColdFusion for displaying the data. There's an online tutorial available from Google. Before doing this map, he had a bit of experience with the Google API first. Other keys are to know what third party tools work with the API and the rest is good web design. -djb -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Wolfe Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:20 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#OverlaysOverview My speculation is that they probably already have their building footprints as overlay objects, so it's comparatively easy to add another layer that depicts buildings covered by wireless. -JEff On 9/1/10 12:06 PM, John Rodkey wrote: > I think many of us on the list would like a peek into the elves' > workshop. At least some general outline of the tools and methods used > would be helpful to point us in the right direction. > > John > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Dave Barr <mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: > > I don't know how the overlay works, I saw the map the first with > the bus stops and parking as selectable items on it and then I just > wished for Wi-Fi coverage to be indicated and sent a list to our > webmaster then it was there; elves I think, but I'll ask... > > All we're indicating is that the building has some community space > covered, meeting rooms classrooms that sort of thing. We have > program space about 50% covered overall where that coverage was and > is deployed is based upon individual department and college priorities. > > Dave > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Methven, > Peter J > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:06 AM > > > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage > > Dave, I'm curious about how you are doing your wireless coverage > straight into an overlay on google maps. I've thought about doing > that a few times but we have the issue that even in the buildings > where we have "full coverage" there are black spots left on purpose > in areas such as plant rooms etc. Do you show a building has > coverage if all student accessible areas have coverage, or for all > student and staff accessible areas (excluding plant rooms/comms > rooms etc.)? > > Many Thanks > Peter > > Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist > > Information Technology (IT) > > Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus > > Tel: 0131 451 3516 > > For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk > <mailto:ith...@hw.ac.uk> or phone ext 4045, with full details of > your query or request and your contact details. > > http://www.hw.ac.uk/it > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Dave Barr > *Sent:* 31 August 2010 19:44 > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > <mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage > > Pete, > > Our website developers figured out a way to use Google maps: > > http://www.cornell.edu/maps/interactive.cfm > > Selecting the RedRover checkbox highlights the buildings that have > Wi-Fi coverage. > > Dave Barr > > > *** > > Cornell Information > Technologies Web: > http://www.cit.cornell.edu > > David Barr - Information Technology Specialist Email: > d...@cornell.edu <mailto:d...@cornell.edu> > > 110 Maple > Avenue > Telephone: > 607 255-4703 > > Ithaca, NY > 14850-4902 Fax: >
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#OverlaysOverview
My speculation is that they probably already have their building
footprints as overlay objects, so it's comparatively easy to add another
layer that depicts buildings covered by wireless.
-JEff
On 9/1/10 12:06 PM, John Rodkey wrote:
I think many of us on the list would like a peek into the elves'
workshop. At least some general outline of the tools and methods used
would be helpful to point us in the right direction.
John
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Dave Barr mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
I don’t know how the overlay works, I saw the map the first with
the bus stops and parking as selectable items on it and then I just
wished for Wi-Fi coverage to be indicated and sent a list to our
webmaster then it was there; elves I think, but I’ll ask...
All we’re indicating is that the building has some community space
covered, meeting rooms classrooms that sort of thing. We have
program space about 50% covered overall where that coverage was and
is deployed is based upon individual department and college priorities.
Dave
*From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Methven,
Peter J
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:06 AM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Dave, I’m curious about how you are doing your wireless coverage
straight into an overlay on google maps. I’ve thought about doing
that a few times but we have the issue that even in the buildings
where we have “full coverage” there are black spots left on purpose
in areas such as plant rooms etc. Do you show a building has
coverage if all student accessible areas have coverage, or for all
student and staff accessible areas (excluding plant rooms/comms
rooms etc.)?
Many Thanks
Peter
Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist
Information Technology (IT)
Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus
Tel: 0131 451 3516
For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk
<mailto:ith...@hw.ac.uk> or phone ext 4045, with full details of
your query or request and your contact details.
http://www.hw.ac.uk/it
*From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Dave Barr
*Sent:* 31 August 2010 19:44
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Pete,
Our website developers figured out a way to use Google maps:
http://www.cornell.edu/maps/interactive.cfm
Selecting the RedRover checkbox highlights the buildings that have
Wi-Fi coverage.
Dave Barr
***
Cornell Information
Technologies Web:
http://www.cit.cornell.edu
David Barr - Information Technology Specialist Email:
d...@cornell.edu <mailto:d...@cornell.edu>
110 Maple
Avenue
Telephone:
607 255-4703
Ithaca, NY
14850-4902 Fax:
607 255-8169
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<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Peter P
Morrissey
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:08 PM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
*Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their
wireless coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be
particularly helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings,
most of which are at 100%, but some with partial coverage where we
include a floor plan/map. We are also going to put a symbol
indicating the locations we have started to upgrade to 11n. Just
wondering if there may be some better ways to accomplish this.
Thanks,
Pete Morrissey
Syracuse University
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
I think many of us on the list would like a peek into the elves' workshop. At least some general outline of the tools and methods used would be helpful to point us in the right direction. John On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Dave Barr wrote: > I don’t know how the overlay works, I saw the map the first with the bus > stops and parking as selectable items on it and then I just wished for Wi-Fi > coverage to be indicated and sent a list to our webmaster then it was there; > elves I think, but I’ll ask... > > > > All we’re indicating is that the building has some community space covered, > meeting rooms classrooms that sort of thing. We have program space about > 50% covered overall where that coverage was and is deployed is based upon > individual department and college priorities. > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] *On Behalf Of *Methven, Peter J > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:06 AM > > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage > > > > Dave, I’m curious about how you are doing your wireless coverage straight > into an overlay on google maps. I’ve thought about doing that a few times > but we have the issue that even in the buildings where we have “full > coverage” there are black spots left on purpose in areas such as plant rooms > etc. Do you show a building has coverage if all student accessible areas > have coverage, or for all student and staff accessible areas (excluding > plant rooms/comms rooms etc.)? > > Many Thanks > Peter > > > > Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist > > Information Technology (IT) > > Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus > > Tel: 0131 451 3516 > > > > For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk or phone > ext 4045, with full details of your query or request and your contact > details. > > > > http://www.hw.ac.uk/it > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] *On Behalf Of *Dave Barr > *Sent:* 31 August 2010 19:44 > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage > > > > Pete, > > Our website developers figured out a way to use Google maps: > > > > http://www.cornell.edu/maps/interactive.cfm > > > > Selecting the RedRover checkbox highlights the buildings that have Wi-Fi > coverage. > > > > Dave Barr > > > > *** > > Cornell Information Technologies Web: > http://www.cit.cornell.edu > > David Barr - Information Technology Specialist Email: > d...@cornell.edu > > 110 Maple > Avenue Telephone: > 607 255-4703 > > Ithaca, NY > 14850-4902 Fax: 607 > 255-8169 > > *************** > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] *On Behalf Of *Peter P Morrissey > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:08 PM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage > > > > Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their > wireless coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be > particularly helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings, most of > which are at 100%, but some with partial coverage where we include a floor > plan/map. We are also going to put a symbol indicating the locations we have > started to upgrade to 11n. Just wondering if there may be some better ways > to accomplish this. > > > > Thanks, > > Pete Morrissey > > Syracuse University > > > > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > -- > > Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity > number SC000278. > > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
I don't know how the overlay works, I saw the map the first with the bus stops and parking as selectable items on it and then I just wished for Wi-Fi coverage to be indicated and sent a list to our webmaster then it was there; elves I think, but I'll ask... All we're indicating is that the building has some community space covered, meeting rooms classrooms that sort of thing. We have program space about 50% covered overall where that coverage was and is deployed is based upon individual department and college priorities. Dave From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Methven, Peter J Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:06 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage Dave, I'm curious about how you are doing your wireless coverage straight into an overlay on google maps. I've thought about doing that a few times but we have the issue that even in the buildings where we have "full coverage" there are black spots left on purpose in areas such as plant rooms etc. Do you show a building has coverage if all student accessible areas have coverage, or for all student and staff accessible areas (excluding plant rooms/comms rooms etc.)? Many Thanks Peter Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist Information Technology (IT) Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus Tel: 0131 451 3516 For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk<mailto:ith...@hw.ac.uk> or phone ext 4045, with full details of your query or request and your contact details. http://www.hw.ac.uk/it From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Barr Sent: 31 August 2010 19:44 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage Pete, Our website developers figured out a way to use Google maps: http://www.cornell.edu/maps/interactive.cfm Selecting the RedRover checkbox highlights the buildings that have Wi-Fi coverage. Dave Barr *** Cornell Information Technologies Web: http://www.cit.cornell.edu David Barr - Information Technology Specialist Email: d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu> 110 Maple Avenue Telephone: 607 255-4703 Ithaca, NY 14850-4902 Fax: 607 255-8169 *** From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Peter P Morrissey Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their wireless coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be particularly helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings, most of which are at 100%, but some with partial coverage where we include a floor plan/map. We are also going to put a symbol indicating the locations we have started to upgrade to 11n. Just wondering if there may be some better ways to accomplish this. Thanks, Pete Morrissey Syracuse University ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Peter, To answer your questions: 1.) We have not. Our floor plans are showing the aggregate coverage area and not individual cells. Granted, the APs would obviously be within, but we have not had much theft of APs (except 1 or 2 in the residence halls years ago). 2.) Our deployment is far from static, as we are consistently expanding coverage based on departmental requests. We use SharePoint to track each of these requests from start to finish, outlining each sub-task that needs to be performed. Many of these tasks involve the updating of documentation and subsequently the PNGs that get uploaded to the site. I can go in more detail off thread if you'd like. 3.) When an AP goes down, Airwave shows it and our IT Service Desk can view this. Coverage maps are not updated just for an AP going down, but if there is prolonged construction (for instance), we will retrieve the equipment and update the floor plan. 4.) All our RF designs are to match 2.4GHz as close to 5GHz as possible. We then configure our Aruba ARM profiles appropriately. All the floor plans are based on the RF design, not heat maps, so mileage may vary slightly. We have a limited deployment of 11n, as we just started down that front. I can imagine the desire to distinguish between 11n and non-11n on the coverage map, but that is not currently supported. Let's hope we can get funds to replace 5,000+ APs before someone asks for such an option to distinguish. ;-) == Ryan Holland Network Engineer, Wireless Office of the Chief Information Officer The Ohio State University 614-292-9906 holland@osu.edu On Sep 1, 2010, at 4:24 AM, Methven, Peter J wrote: > Ryan, I’ve been working on something similar to what you’ve got set up and > I’ve a couple of questions about how you have set yours up, based on some > “challenges” I’ve had: > 1. Have you had any issues with theft of wireless access points, now > that you are showing the coverage cells for 802.11a/b/g in a building. (One > of the fears I’ve encountered when trying to put something like this onto our > public facing website is that if people know the exact 802.11 cell coverage > then they can pinpoint AP locations. [We use Trapeze Networks access points > which look quite similar to fire and smoke detectors so some people think > they are not obvious to people.]) > 2. Is your wireless deployment relatively static? (We are rapidly > increasing the number of wireless access points on our campus, and it has > been a bit of a headache to keep the floor plans up to date on the website). > 3. Do you update your plans for when a WAP fails, on your website > (until you replace it etc.) or do you have enough redundancy/replace and > repair WAPs fast enough that it doesn’t really have an effect on coverage? > 4. Do you list 802.11a, 802.11b/g and 802.11n (2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz) > coverage separately (or are you planning to?) > > (Apologies to Pete Morrissey for hi-jacking his question slightly!) > > Many Thanks > Peter > > Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist > Information Technology (IT) > Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus > Tel: 0131 451 3516 > > For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk or phone ext > 4045, with full details of your query or request and your contact details. > > http://www.hw.ac.uk/it > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Ryan Holland > Sent: 31 August 2010 19:38 > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage > > Pete, > > Take a look at http://wireless.osu.edu . There's a large image there that one > can click on that takes the viewer to our google map. There are icons for > each building that pulls up additional information, including links for each > floor's coverage. > > == > Ryan Holland > Network Engineer, Wireless > Office of the Chief Information Officer > The Ohio State University > 614-292-9906 holland@osu.edu > > On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: > > > Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their wireless > coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be particularly > helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings, most of which are at > 100%, but some with partial coverage where we include a floor plan/map. We > are also going to put a symbol indicating the locations we have started to > upgrade to 11n. Just wondering if there may be some better ways to accomplish > this. > > Thanks, > Pete Morrissey > Syracuse University > > > > Not spam > Forget previous vote > ** Partici
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Ryan, I've been working on something similar to what you've got set up and I've a couple of questions about how you have set yours up, based on some "challenges" I've had: 1. Have you had any issues with theft of wireless access points, now that you are showing the coverage cells for 802.11a/b/g in a building. (One of the fears I've encountered when trying to put something like this onto our public facing website is that if people know the exact 802.11 cell coverage then they can pinpoint AP locations. [We use Trapeze Networks access points which look quite similar to fire and smoke detectors so some people think they are not obvious to people.]) 2. Is your wireless deployment relatively static? (We are rapidly increasing the number of wireless access points on our campus, and it has been a bit of a headache to keep the floor plans up to date on the website). 3. Do you update your plans for when a WAP fails, on your website (until you replace it etc.) or do you have enough redundancy/replace and repair WAPs fast enough that it doesn't really have an effect on coverage? 4. Do you list 802.11a, 802.11b/g and 802.11n (2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz) coverage separately (or are you planning to?) (Apologies to Pete Morrissey for hi-jacking his question slightly!) Many Thanks Peter Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist Information Technology (IT) Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus Tel: 0131 451 3516 For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk <mailto:ith...@hw.ac.uk> or phone ext 4045, with full details of your query or request and your contact details. http://www.hw.ac.uk/it From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Ryan Holland Sent: 31 August 2010 19:38 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage Pete, Take a look at http://wireless.osu.edu . There's a large image there that one can click on that takes the viewer to our google map. There are icons for each building that pulls up additional information, including links for each floor's coverage. == Ryan Holland Network Engineer, Wireless Office of the Chief Information Officer The Ohio State University 614-292-9906 holland@osu.edu On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their wireless coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be particularly helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings, most of which are at 100%, but some with partial coverage where we include a floor plan/map. We are also going to put a symbol indicating the locations we have started to upgrade to 11n. Just wondering if there may be some better ways to accomplish this. Thanks, Pete Morrissey Syracuse University Spam <https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=1080559598&m=b2ed917ffaab&c=s> Not spam <https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=1080559598&m=b2ed917ffaab&c=n> Forget previous vote <https://antispam.osu.edu/b.php?i=1080559598&m=b2ed917ffaab&c=f> ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, Methven, Peter J wrote: > Dave, I'm curious about how you are doing your wireless coverage > straight into an overlay on google maps. I've thought about doing that a > few times but we have the issue that even in the buildings where we have > "full coverage" there are black spots left on purpose in areas such as > plant rooms etc. Do you show a building has coverage if all student > accessible areas have coverage, or for all student and staff accessible > areas (excluding plant rooms/comms rooms etc.)? You might find parts of Michael Jorgenson of Cardiff University's talk at Networkshop 38 interesting, as it covers overlaying information on top of Google Maps: http://webmedia.company.ja.net/content/documents/shared/networkshop300310/jorgenson_networkmanagementsoftware.pdf I'm sure Michael would be happy to speak to you in more detail about it. Jethro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks, Computing Officer Information Services, The University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Dave, I'm curious about how you are doing your wireless coverage straight into an overlay on google maps. I've thought about doing that a few times but we have the issue that even in the buildings where we have "full coverage" there are black spots left on purpose in areas such as plant rooms etc. Do you show a building has coverage if all student accessible areas have coverage, or for all student and staff accessible areas (excluding plant rooms/comms rooms etc.)? Many Thanks Peter Mr Peter Methven, Network Specialist Information Technology (IT) Allen McTernan Building, Edinburgh Campus Tel: 0131 451 3516 For IT support queries or requests, please email ith...@hw.ac.uk <mailto:ith...@hw.ac.uk> or phone ext 4045, with full details of your query or request and your contact details. http://www.hw.ac.uk/it From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Barr Sent: 31 August 2010 19:44 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage Pete, Our website developers figured out a way to use Google maps: http://www.cornell.edu/maps/interactive.cfm Selecting the RedRover checkbox highlights the buildings that have Wi-Fi coverage. Dave Barr *** Cornell Information Technologies Web: http://www.cit.cornell.edu David Barr - Information Technology Specialist Email: d...@cornell.edu 110 Maple Avenue Telephone: 607 255-4703 Ithaca, NY 14850-4902 Fax: 607 255-8169 *** From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Peter P Morrissey Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:08 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their wireless coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be particularly helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings, most of which are at 100%, but some with partial coverage where we include a floor plan/map. We are also going to put a symbol indicating the locations we have started to upgrade to 11n. Just wondering if there may be some better ways to accomplish this. Thanks, Pete Morrissey Syracuse University ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Advertising Wireless Coverage
Pete, Take a look at http://wireless.osu.edu . There's a large image there that one can click on that takes the viewer to our google map. There are icons for each building that pulls up additional information, including links for each floor's coverage. == Ryan Holland Network Engineer, Wireless Office of the Chief Information Officer The Ohio State University 614-292-9906 holland@osu.edu On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Peter P Morrissey wrote: > Has anyone come up with ways of advertising information about their wireless > coverage that students and maybe parents have found to be particularly > helpful? Right now we just have a list of buildings, most of which are at > 100%, but some with partial coverage where we include a floor plan/map. We > are also going to put a symbol indicating the locations we have started to > upgrade to 11n. Just wondering if there may be some better ways to accomplish > this. > > Thanks, > Pete Morrissey > Syracuse University > > > Spam > Not spam > Forget previous vote > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
