Campus Wide Wifi

[R Talbert]

Afternoon All:

802.11ac is 5Ghz only. 5GHz signals have a shorter range and lower penetration ability than 2.5Ghz signals. 
Many 802.11ac devices have multiple antennas and dual transmitters to be backward compatible with 2.5Ghz; 802.11n, 802.11g, and 802.11b clients. 
I have seen that 802.11n devices can 'hang on' to week signals much better than 802.11g or 802.11b, so we can hope these new multi-band devices (802.11ac) will help those with older hardware to stay connected.


Robert Talbert
MLS, BIT
State of Nevada


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 From: Thomas Edelblute <TEdelblute at ANAHEIM.NET>
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We have some 802.11ac hardware on order and we hope that it will have greater distance than 802.11g and 802.11n hardware we currently use.
 
Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library
 
From:Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Trista Smith
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 1:07 PM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Campus Wide Wifi
 
Good afternoon,
 
Our library has been limping by with a pretty standard router for our wireless. We use a sonicwall to route our cable internet through (30 mbps download) and then a Belkin router and a repeater on the back end of the library. We have  pretty small building, but there is a park on the side of our building. We would like to provide wifi for our building and the park. Currently, the signal reaches the park but is very weak and our wireless is slow and usually overloaded.
 
Does anyone have a configuration of hardware/software that allows their wireless to cover a significant area (like a city block) and allows for many users without compromising bandwidth? I've done some research and there seems to be a lot of ways to go about this, but I'd love to hear about solutions that have worked well. 
 
Thanks!
Trista Smith
Director
Bitterroot Public Library
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