Our Newell and Fonda buildings are connected by a wireless radio link, and the performance at the Fonda end is just horrible. I had no experience doing this before this job, and I'm trying (with the help of the people in Des Moines that installed the stuff) to improve the performance. Can I get some input from people who are doing the same thing?
Distance? Speeds? What services & traffic are you pushing through the wireless? Ways to get good speed, pitfalls to avoid? I think our situation is badly set up, and we're pushing too much stuff through that wireless link. Basically, the wireless link is a 10-mile long Ethernet cable that supplies Fonda with all network services other than a local file server over there for mapped network drives. Aside from that local file server, Fonda gets all its internet bandwidth through that link, as well as all login authentication, DNS and DHCP, all JMC traffic, our wiki and blog server, you name it. The wireless link is 11 Mb. There are 65 computers in the Fonda building. Is that just a hopeless situation, or can I hope to make their speed acceptable? The other issue is the plan to close that building after the 09-10 school year, so nobody wants to spend any money on equipment for that building, or for its own internet connection. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks! --- Timothy A. Limbert Technology Coordinator Newell-Fonda CSD 712-272-3324 --- iChat/AIM: tlimbert65 MSN: limbert65 Twitter: limbert65 Skype: limbert_65
