We just made this decision in regards to two new res halls. We opted for
cables only where we need them now. The logic is that the pathways and
telecom rooms are sized in such a way that these cables can easily be added
later if needed. Had the new buildings been like most of our res halls,
Depending on how you are running the cable, you could run it to each room,
but with the possibility of pulling it back to put APs in hallways instead,
or to reposition. If you have drop ceilings you can leave like 10ft service
loop to allow freedom of moving them within the rooms. Etc, etc. These
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Since cabling tends to have a 15-20 year life cycle, and can be expensive and
disruptive to install, why not just run a cable to each room while you have the
opportunity? Then you can use your survey tools to decide where to place the
AP's. This gives you the option of reconfiguring down the roa
All,
Last year we cabled our campus classrooms and administrative offices with CAT6a
preparing for the deployment of Wav 2 802.11ac. We are about to begin Phase II
of the cabling project in our residence halls and we are looking for input from
others on whether to plan for one AP per room or tr
