I t sounds like given the fact that you not only have lots of experience with the wireless networks, but also your students are well equipped to work wireless I would think the auditorium would be wireless too. We have some wireless on campus, but we are truly a wired campus. We installed wired network to approx 50 seats of the first couple of rows in a small theatre/auditorium a few years ago. To the best of my knowledge it has never been used. I'm just curious but why would you invest the expense of installing power to all the seats and not put in the cheaper network wiring... actually why would you invest the power wiring at all? For the laptops to run on AC?
MS Ross McKenzie wrote: > I have a problem I'm hoping the group can help with. We have a > well-established wireless network with over 1,000 users. We are > currently designing a new auditorium and there is a push to wire all > 350 seats. Needless to say this is going to be an expensive > proposition to install and maintain, but egos are involved and money > is not the driving force here. I should note we have decided to put > power to all 350 seats anyway. Can anyone relate experiences with > putting wire or wireless into auditoriums? Our arguments that > utilization will be low have fallen on deaf ears. We have a student > body of 1500 of which approx. 1000 have laptops (and all have wireless > cards that we supply.) We have wireless in another auditorium which > seats about 150 and have no problems. I'd be interested in anyone who > has installed wireless in such a large area with many laptop users or > those who have wired an auditorium with good or bad experiences. We > are in the final design stages, so a decision in > imminent. Thanks! -Ross > ------------------------------------ > Ross McKenzie > Director of Information Systems > Johns Hopkins University > Bloomberg School of Public Health
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