[K12OSN] Slightly OT - Wireless in your school/building

[Charlie]

Actually, you would be better off investing in a web managed PoE switch
(or fully managed if you have deep pockets) and a good UPS.  That way
you don't have to worry so much where the WAPs go as far as AC
availability is concerned, they would get their power from the switch
via the LAN cable.  This would also eliminate no WAP access during a
power outage for users of laptops, that is if they remembered to charge
their laptop battery beforehand.  You also might want to get a vendor
like EnGenius involved to help with the design since this will be a
school.

Charlie Houp
SMBis, LLC
http://www.smbis.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Bishay <joseph.bishay at gmail.com>
Reply-to: "Support list for open source software in schools."
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To: Support list for open source software in schools.
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Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Slightly OT - Wireless in your school/building
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:19:04 -0400


Hello,

I've been asked to see if I can split the technological spend into
things that can be done while the building is going up, and things
that can be done in the future once we have more funding.  Given most
of the machines will be directly-wired, wireless is a secondary
priority.  But I don't want to miss something now and then suffer in
the future once the walls are up.  So what I am thinking is that
before the drywall goes up I need:

1) identify where the access points would be to overlap the necessary coverage
2) Make sure there is a power outlet at that location
3) Run a cat 6 cable from that location back to where the Internet
switch will be located.

Am I correct in saying that's all I need?

Thank you
Joseph

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Andy Graybeal
<andy.graybeal at casanueva.com> wrote:
> On 03/10/2011 12:38 PM, John Oligario wrote:
>>
>> We use the procurve.  Our campus is 255 acres however we only cover
>> half, multiple buildings.
>>
>
> HP Procurve?  Which specific devices?
>
> -Andy
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