FWIW, we have a couple thousand APs in dorms, and thankfully they just don't break. At most we see a small handful in a calendar year that require a visit (Cisco APs in this case). Where they are in student rooms, they are left alone 99.95% or better. The students seem to realize the value of the device and the gravity of mucking with it (thankfully).
Lee H. Badman Network Architect/Wireless TME Information Technology and Services (ITS) Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Helman Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:53 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless in Residence Halls I've been very hesitant to put powered units in the resident units. My concern is less the tampering issue, and more the service issue. I don't want to have to schedule around students to fix them if they do break. We have placed units in a few apartments out of necessity. The students are responsible for the replacement if they are broken (and we use Xirrus, so they aren't cheap). We've also made it clear that, if they are tampered with we'll turn off the service. This is the first term we've had them in the (few) rooms. It's been fine. If I had to do it en mass, I'd be more inclined to leave the hardware in the hallway and extend an antenna into the room, if that is possible. -Brian ________________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] on behalf of Jennings, Larry W [ljenn...@utk.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:30 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless in Residence Halls David, During the spring and summer of 2012, the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus upgraded wireless in the dorms. We had b/g AP's in the dorm hallways and the wireless complaints were a constant reminder that we had to do something. We removed the AP's from the hallways and placed AP's in some of the dorm rooms, taking one of the wired ports for an AP. Overall, we went from around 600 AP's to 1600 AP's and to 802.11n throughout in the process. We've had very few calls where students have messed with the AP's. For rooms that we had to use one of the wired ports, we allow a small switch to be installed upon request. But we haven't seen many requests for that. lj Larry Jennings IT Manager - Network Services The University of Tennessee 2309 Kingston Pike Bldg. Knoxville, TN 37996 Phone: 865.974.1619 Email: ljenn...@utk.edu SIP: ljenn...@utk.edu -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of David Robertson Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless in Residence Halls We are looking at how we install wireless in our Residence Halls for coverage. Currently we only place access points in the hallways, but are looking at moving them into the rooms for better coverage. We were wondering if anyone else has put the access points in the rooms and if they have seen a reduction in wireless complaint or if there have been issues with students playing with or disconnecting the access points. David R. -- David Robertson Service Delivery Manager Network Engineering Technology George Mason University Voice: 703-993-2443 Fax: 703-993-3505 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
