2. Wireless dorms no not need a wired LAN, so the SSID can be campus-wide. That
is what we do, but with an open mac auth network that is also used for
onboarding to the 802.1X secure network. We do not support wireless printing.
You would need DHCP reservations to insure the printer would always
But how does that help avoid the initial problem discussed concerning devices
(especially HP printers) causing interference by broadcasting wireless
networks? These printers broadcast these networks straight out of the box and
most students don’t even realize it.
Thomas Carter
Network and Opera
I've just started here at Kent State and I'm facing an uphill battle regarding
updating our WLAN design. All APs are deployed in the hallways and we're
rolling out 802.11ac. We'd like to move the APs into the rooms, but the mere
suggestion has been met with resistance. I was just wondering if
On Tue Oct 21 2014 12:47:02 CDT, "Williams, Matthew" wrote:
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> I’ve just started here at Kent State and I’m facing an uphill battle
> regarding updating our WLAN design. All APs are deployed in the hallways and
> we’re rolling out 802.11ac. We’d like to move the APs into the rooms, but
> th
FYI: on top of all this, we’ve found that disabling wireless on certain
printers (looking at you HP!) only turns off the wireless LED, signal is still
sent out. We’ve had to tear the printers apart to physically remove the card
to stop the interference.
As Thomas Carter pointed out below, no
From my previous experience at University of Tennessee, Knoxville where I
redesigned the dorm Wi-Fi (2012) before leaving to do eduroam-US:
(designed with 5GHz in mind and 2.4 as complement)
pros for moving into room:
1-Most rooms are mini faraday cages so you can easily add more APs with less
i
I suggest doing an ac site survey on a sample building with the radios in their
existing locations. Then, do a survey in the same building with your proposed
locations.
Make sure your data shows how far the ac data rates propagate. Doing the survey
on a UNI-1 channel is best imo.
I did someth
We installed in the hallways due to cost, access for maintenance, and
concern of vandalism in room. Coverage from hallway using our design was
excellent. We designed the layout in Cisco Prime. Testing after install
showed the wireless working very well in the rooms, even on 5 Ghz.
Wireless just
One gotcha in hall designs is what your walls are made out of. Simple sheetrock
fine. Concrete blocks not as fine. Lathe and plaster with metal mesh, Faraday
cage. We have a music department with some sort of sound deading material that
completely kills RF.
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We took the same approach as Philippe. I've never had an issue with vandalism
so that wasn't a concern. I also had site surveys showing the difference in
coverage. Putting them in the room also helps with making clear overlaps zones.
Prior to the redesign we were in the hall and it just didn't w
We made the move from hallways to bedroom as well with the 702W's that
Cisco came out with. Being able to use the existing cable drop in
bedrooms saved a lot of money and installation time. With the 702W
having the wired ports still gives the students that option as well. We
did leave a few 3
We're looking at revamping our "down the hall" model as well as we look to
address 802.11ac (and replacing old Juniper wireless now that they're getting
out of the wireless market). The biggest thing is the ability to pack APs more
densely without signal interference than "down the hall". We hav
We also design the same for the dorms (hallways) and for the same reasons.
However, it has been a problem on some of the newer dorms where the bed rooms
are located on the outer walls while all the kitchen/baths sit between the user
and ap. My question is has anyone been putting in the Aruba AP2
I have seen most hp printers coming with 2 modes of wifi now. You have to
disable the wireless like normal. That makes the adhoc go away. You also have
to disable wifi direct option as well. They are 2 separate options within the
printers. One shows up as adhoc and the wifi direct appears a
Thanks for the tips, everyone! I appreciate the insights.
Respectfully,
Matthew Williams
Kent State University
Network & Telecommunications Services
Office: (330) 672-7246
Mobile: (330) 469-0445
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Jason, we have been considering the same approach. How did the number of
previously installed hallway APs compare to the number of installed bedroom APs.
Thanks
Bruce Entwistle
Network Manager
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Anthony, we're using Aruba AP225's, too. To avoid the "overload" problem
in our test buildings, we put them in every 3rd room instead of every other
room or every room. Students are reporting it's working great and it was
significantly cheaper. As others have noted though, it all depends on your
I have used students in the past extensively to help with wireless management.
After working with a student for a month or so they are typically capable of
setting up Aps, troubleshooting and chasing down rogues, doing wireless testing
and even surveys etc. You can use students to manage your F
We opted for AP-205s in our residence halls. They are cheaper than
AP-225's but still offer 802.11ac. They are placed in every other room and
I just let ARM turn down the power on its own. We have gone from having
many complaints in the residence halls to very few, and most of those are
issues w
Bruce, our previous install was 10 years old and signal was not reaching
most places, so it would be hard to compare the two.
Jason Becker
Network Systems Engineer,
Network Planning and Services
Tel:(314)935-5006
On 10/21/14, 3:02 PM, Entwistle, Bruce wrote:
Jason, we have been considering th
I feel everyone’s pain, in fact I spent most of last week working with my
colleague on setting up SNMP credentials and ip access lists to use the switch
port trace feature in Cisco Prime Infrastructure (requires lifecycle license).
This feature uses your enterprise access points that picked up
Eddie Forero did a nice little visual of halfway vs. in room AP's using Ekahau,
pretty compelling to visualize.
https://vimeo.com/109039703
> On Oct 21, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Jason Becker wrote:
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> Bruce, our previous install was 10 years old and signal was not reaching most
> places, so it wo
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