Similar to others, we also broadcast our main SSIDs outdoors. I think it is the
best design. It keeps things consistent. To Lawson’s point, seamless mobility
could be a challenge. Depending on the size of your campus and your network,
you might be able to have a large subnet. But for those that
I guess I should also add that our Guest network is not open registration. You
must be sponsored by fac/staff or be a part of an event/conference and be given
a time-based code. Our campuses are located in dense urban areas and would not
be able to service the numbers of users looking for “fre
We don't broadcast our Guest network outdoors except for special events.
Last fall we had to add several access points because tents were being
installed at the last minute for students and potential academic use. We
have older AP-275s but the ones added the last 2 years have been AP-365 or
AP-367
We broadcast the same SSID’s inside and outside as well. Branded (onboarding
and Generic Guest) and Eduroam (main dox1x and University guests). Aruba AP
36X units mostly with some standard AP315’s hidden in aesthetic bollards.
Ryan
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Ryan Johnston he/him/his
Associate Director of Infrastruct
We don't have dedicated outdoor APs, but purposefully designed our indoor
coverage to be less-efficient than was needful, placing APs to deliberately
cover outdoor spaces near building entrances and common gathering areas via
bleed-through. It's worked well, but we're a small campus in place that
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