I reached out to them and they replied that they're going to have dual band devices soon. On May 8, 2014 6:06 PM, "Jeff Kell" <jeff-k...@utc.edu> wrote:
> They apparently have OpenMesh here at the St Lious Hilton (Educause > SPC). Just noticed from the BSSID OID identifier. > > Jeff > > On 5/8/2014 5:35 PM, Hanset, Philippe C wrote: > > > On May 8, 2014, at 5:27 PM, John Kaftan <jkaf...@utica.edu> wrote: > > I find this solution intriguing. I plan to deploy it small scale for a > side job (only about 5-6 APs). The cost is very low. I wonder if it could > scale to a stadium deployment. > > http://www.open-mesh.com/ > > > > I looked into it for some cheap designs. > 2.4 GHz only. That is pretty limiting for a stadium! > > > > Also, Enterasys\Extreme has has some success building out stadiums. > > > http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/01/15/extreme-networks-chosen-as-official.html?page=all > > > http://www.citeworld.com/article/2115627/mobile-byod/philadelphia-eagles-wifi-enterasys.html > > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services) < > bosbo...@liberty.edu> wrote: > >> Erik, >> >> >> >> Our data agrees with Mike’s statements. >> >> We recently ran a survey polling our students. The results were positive. >> But in order to have a successfully deployment you want to have both a DAS >> and an engineered 802.11 wireless infrastructure. Because of the many >> variables the channels need to be statically set and have to overlap >> perfectly. Physics plays a bigger role more than ever in a stadium >> deployment because of the scale and open air. Airtime is key! >> >> >> >> We are currently looking at DAS solutions and Aruba Network’s Wi-Fi >> recommendations to improve our Stadium wireless experience. >> >> >> >> >> >> *Bruce Osborne* >> >> *Network Engineer – Wireless Team* >> >> *IT Network Services* >> >> >> >> *(434) 592-4229 <%28434%29%20592-4229>* >> >> >> >> *LIBERTY UNIVERSITY* >> >> *Training Champions for Christ since 1971* >> >> >> >> *From:* Ball, Erik [mailto:b...@xavier.edu] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 7, 2014 3:24 PM >> *Subject:* Stadium WiFi >> >> >> >> It’s been about a year since Stadium WiFi has come up on this list, so I >> wanted to see if there has been any movement towards a large scale stadium >> WiFi deployment by anyone? We looked into this a little less than a year >> ago, and it would be quite pricey given that it would be really only >> utilized 1 season of the year. However, the topic is coming up again (as >> part of envisioning the perfect fan experience), and it would be nice to >> see where other people stood on this. >> >> >> >> If so, can you share where you are at in the process, and the vendor that >> you selected? >> >> >> >> However, it sounds like working through cellular/DAS arrangements has >> been more popular/widespread than bothering with stadium WiFi. If you >> chose DAS, without bothering with 802.11 coverage, did that satisfy people? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Erik >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ********** 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/. >> >> > > > -- > John Kaftan > IT Infrastructure Manager > Utica College > > ********** 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/.
