I don't see a need for port-to-pillow anymore, but I believe it is still helpful to have wired jacks in common spaces for the building and common rooms within suites.
Part of the belief stems from the idea there is a difference between what students' natural behavior would be and what it will be if you ask them to do something. In this case, students have grown up wireless and very few are naturally inclined to even think about plugging in a device. However, I have found you can encourage students to connect smart TV devices via the wired port in the common space when possible, and many seem to understand this can really help throughput for everyone once they hear the message. I don't have stats at this point in the semester for exactly how much ports are used, but I know it's helped in previous terms. This wouldn't happen if we didn't make the ports available and also communicate to students how they benefit from using them. Joel Coehoorn Director of Information Technology 402.363.5603 *jcoeho...@york.edu <jcoeho...@york.edu>* *Please contact helpd...@york.edu <helpd...@york.edu> for technical assistance.* The mission of York College is to transform lives through Christ-centered education and to equip students for lifelong service to God, family, and society On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 1:51 PM Enfield, Chuck <cae...@psu.edu> wrote: > I don’t want to hijack Dan’s thread, but I wouldn’t mind adding to it if > he doesn’t mind. > > > > I know from previous threads that lots of schools have gone Wi-Fi-only, > and issues are minimal. But, as an institution that has both wired and > wireless enabled throughout the residence halls, about 15% of our residents > still plug in. It was easy for us to do both because we were really late > to provide Wi-Fi, so our legacy wired network is still serviceable. At > some point in the next couple years we’ll have to decide whether or not to > replace it. That requires an assessment of the value proposition. 15% use > seems to suggest that there’s still significant value in providing wired > connectivity, but I’m not sure it satisfactorily answers the question. > It’s safe to assume that some users really want that wired connection for > good reasons, and other users who prefer a wired connection if it’s > available, but really wouldn’t miss it if it wasn’t. It’s to determine how > many each make up that 15%. > > > > I’m curious to hear from institutions that provide wired connections upon > request. If you do that, how many get requested? Is it free, or is there > a charge? If a charge, how much? …and anything else illuminating you can > no-doubt contribute. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chuck > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv < > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Entwistle, Bruce > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 2:16 PM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Only in Student Housing? > > > > Last year we converted our first residence hall to wireless only and there > were minimal challenges. You could consider installing the small > hospitality APs in the rooms and then there would be wired ports available > if necessary. > > > > Bruce Entwistle > > Network Manager > > University of Redlands > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv < > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Daniel Wurst > *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2018 11:12 AM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Only in Student Housing? > > > > Hi All, > > > > We are looking into building a new student housing building and are > considering going Wifi only for network connectivity. We were wondering if > anyone else has gone the route of only allowing network connectivity via > wireless. If so, can you share your experience, lessons learned, and advice. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Dan > > -- > > Daniel Wurst > > Network Engineer > > Denison University > > wur...@denison.edu > > 740-587-6229 > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fdiscuss&data=02%7C01%7Ccae104%40psu.edu%7C29aa1f2f55434c294dbe08d609edbf3e%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C636707314064004541&sdata=Yjm0L%2F8op8LyN4rYwvz6WBMvuoNhgZDDXTmV17ZLvXs%3D&reserved=0>. > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fdiscuss&data=02%7C01%7Ccae104%40psu.edu%7C29aa1f2f55434c294dbe08d609edbf3e%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C636707314064004541&sdata=Yjm0L%2F8op8LyN4rYwvz6WBMvuoNhgZDDXTmV17ZLvXs%3D&reserved=0>. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
