Shatford Library is better than if has the good wifi.
Ryan Lam
Ryan,
We agree completely! We have struggled with the wireless installation in the Library for years. It is very unstable and our Computing Services Department has tried a variety of things to get the existing system to work properly. There will finally be some resolution in Fall 2008 when stable wireless (using the 802.11n wireless standard) will be installed throughout campus, including the Library. Unfortunately we have to live with what we've got until then. In the meantime, whenever you notice that wireless is down please report it to the Reference Librarian so we can reset the system.
Thanks,
Leslie Tirapelle, Librarian
Friday, March 28, 2008
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Do you know which vendor will be installing the wireless system? (Aruba, Cisco, Trapeze, Meru, Extricom, etc.?)
The installing vendor is Verizon Business Services and the access points are from Nortel.
Leslie Tirapelle, Librarian
The proposed 802.11n system can not be called a wireless standard at this time as less than 10% of WIFI users have this type of hardware installed. However, Im glad that our IS departement is gearing PCC towards future technology. Regardless, our hopes of STABLE and fully ACCESSABLE 802.11b/g WIFI remain even as we enter the 3rd week of the fall semester!
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