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Lightweight wireless Rollout?

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    ronivek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭ronivek


    Might be referring to something like LWAPP.


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    Fedule
    Closed Accounts Posts: 92 ✭✭Fedule


    Any benefit to us?


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    ronivek
    Registered Users Posts: 1,916 ✭✭✭ronivek


    Well working on the assumption it's LWAPP or something similar then it should provide some modest benefits to IS and some benefit to the general college population.

    As far as I can gather it should help IS administer the wireless aspect of the college network, thus improving coverage and making extensions that bit easier.

    In addition it should slightly improve the performance of individual access points and reduce downtime of same.

    There are lots of horrible white papers and RFCs on related topics but I just barely skimmed over a few of them.


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    lucernarian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,235 ✭✭✭lucernarian


    If they bothered to use the 4 full channels available in Europe and not the default 1 6 11 setup, perhaps coverage could actually be improved. And the only service improvements that I saw with the wifi network were over the summer of 08, when they announced some upgrades or the like. They explained was to improve service reliability IIRC. And it actually did resolve all of the serious issues I was having with TCDwifi. Though I have a feeling a driver update from Intel for vista may have been the real solution.

    The point is, simply making it easier to administer wouldn't count as a service improvement in and of itself. I really hope this system will clearly save them money and that they haven't been just told the benefits by a salesman...


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