Campus Wide Wifi

[Chadwick, John, DCA]

I have concur with Tim. Cisco is the best way to go for a campus environment.

John Chadwick 

John Chadwick 
John.Chadwick at state.nm.us 
ChadwickJC at ci.anchorage.ak.us (after August 5)

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From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Tim DeYoung [Tim at SOUTHHOLLANDLIBRARY.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:45 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Campus Wide Wifi

We also use a SonicWall to route a cable internet connection.

For Wi-Fi equipment, we use a Cisco wireless controller and 6 Cisco access points with external antennas.
Access points are powered by a Cisco Power-over-Ethernet switch.
This comfortably covers our 30,000 sq ft building and our parking lots on either side.
We have 2 levels, so there are 3 access points upstairs, and 3 access points downstairs.
We also run a second, secured wireless network with this equipment for staff, which accesses our network.

You may want to consider using the SonicWall to manage bandwidth, if you don’t already.
For example, you can give the Wi-Fi 50% of your bandwidth, and your wired network the other 50% (or any percentages you choose).

Feel free to contact me off list for more specific details if desired.

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Tim DeYoung | Technology Coordinator
16250 Wausau Avenue  |  South Holland, Illinois 60473
Phone:  708-331-5262  x202  |  Fax:  708-331-6557
www.southhollandlibrary.org<http://www.southholland.org/>



From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Trista Smith
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:07 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
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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