> > > -No institutional wireless. Let the students bring in their own AP’s
Assuming that you still mean “in the dorms”, I highly advise against that. We used to have institutional Wi-Fi on campus(Unive of TN, Knoxville) and none in the res halls … a support nightmare because students will still call your helps desk… in the end you are still the one providing the network port, so they will call you even if their Wi-Fi doesn’t work. > -Some kind of managed service (wireless as a service) with 802.11 If your school doesn’t have the initial capital to upgrade, that is not a bad idea. But it is still more expensive (long term) than managing the Wi-Fi yourself, unless you have difficulties finding Network Engineers with Wi-Fi in their resumé. > -Some kind of institutionally owned/leased mobile wireless (e.g we provide > our own 4G) Two things to worry about: Data Quota, coverage in buildings I actually do that to my kids at home when they tend to watch too much multimedia…they have their own LTE/4G quota and I block their devices on the home Wi-F when it gets out of hands. It actually works because they prefer to keep their data quota for Social Media Related traffic rather than videos. Would it work at the scale of a school? A major drawback: If your rental properties don’t provide adequate Internet Access, you might experience a drop in rentals. > -Hybrid What hybrid are you thinking about? A Prius? > -Continue with 802.11n 2.4GHz and fill in holes as they pop up Do you have problems with the current state of the network? Is your community not satisfied? Could you enable filters to limit Wireless Bandwidth hogs? Can you live another 2 years and patch during that period, then upgrade ? And finally: I now have a rising College Freshmen and I’m offended by the current cost of college (yes, having to look now at the other side of the fence is enlightening). No matter what, please find a solution that will help reduce tuition ;-) Philippe Philippe Hanset www.eduroam.us > > I’m not going to put my thoughts up here just yet. These are the > options/thoughts as presented by the levels above me. > > Let the discussion begin…. > > > > > ____________________________________ > Brian Helman, M.Ed | Director, ITS/Networking Services | (: 978.542.7272 > Salem State University, 352 Lafayette St., Salem Massachusetts 01970 > GPS: 42.502129, -70.894779 > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ <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/.
