RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Do you have POE everywhere?

2016-08-31 Thread Seward, Bill
We use them on our Aruba external APs, which require POE+. Our switches are all POE and so far, the only need for POE+ are our external APs. Ours injectors aren't Aruba branded and so far they are all working fine. I believe that the controllers do monitor when and how the APs reboot. As far

RE: Who wifi vendors does everyone use?

2016-03-30 Thread Seward, Bill
Pfeiffer is an Aruba shop. Bill Seward | Director of Information Technology Office of Information Technology P.O. Box 960 | 48380 US Hwy 52 Misenheimer, NC 28109 Office 704-463-3066 | Fax 704-463-1363 pfeiffer.edu | facebook.com/PfeifferUniversity

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Throughput Caps on Wireless

2016-03-01 Thread Seward, Bill
For faculty and staff, wireless connections are limited only by the technology in use. We don’t cap the number of connections. For students, we don’t cap the number of sessions, but we do cap throughput at 30 mbps. We do limit Netflix sessions for everyone to 5 mbps, which Netflix says is suf

RE: Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches?

2016-03-01 Thread Seward, Bill
de latest round of devices. -Lee Lee H. Badman Network Architect/Wireless TME ITS, Syracuse University 315.443.3003 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> on behalf of Seward, Bill mail

RE: Self-registered MAC device bypass- worth the headaches?

2016-03-01 Thread Seward, Bill
It takes some time and effort on IT's part each semester, but we put how-to instructions with screen shots on all the common devices on the student portal. We then refer callers to the help desk to the portal first with instructions to call back if they continue to have difficulties. That seem

RE: Naming conventions for WLAN devices

2016-02-02 Thread Seward, Bill
We're a small school, so we can be fairly simplistic. APs are named for the building they are in along with the room number they are in or the room number they are closest to. In some cases, it's not a number but a name, so you will see names such as Vaughn-101 JaneFreeman-204 Washington-Parl