Wireless Issues and Strategies Gary Bauerschmidt Associate Director Adiel Sanchez, Network Engineer

Lots of New Types of Wireless Network Nodes

Which one is a wireless device?

Which one is a TV?

Lots of New Types of Wireless Network Nodes Design for Average user to have 4.8 wireless devices

Wireless Access Points 2007 to Wireless Life half of normal IT devices

Student Life requires Wireless

What are these?

Issues

Old Adobe Buildings February 28, 1889

Heat Map Poor Density

Open Areas Wireless here too

Gathering Places Walk ways now sitting areas

Lack of Funding Incremental and One Off requests are not efficient

The SUB Existing coverage 1 st floor

The SUB Proposed coverage 1 st floor

The SUB Existing coverage 2 nd floor

The SUB Proposed coverage 2 nd floor

The SUB Existing coverage 3 rd floor

The SUB Proposed coverage 3 rd floor

Top 10 Buildings The following buildings have been identified as the top buildings in need of increased wireless coverage: 1.Bandelier Hall East 2.Economics 3.Mechanical Engineering 4.Mesa Vista Hall 5.Northrop Hall 6.Ortega Hall 7.Regener Hall 8.Scholes Hall 9.Social Sciences 10.SSB

Regener Hall Existing coverage

Improving Wireless Infrastructure Completed 1.Completed the wireless improvement projects for: 1.Coronado Hall 2.Alvarado Hall 3.SRC 4.Child Care 5.Landscaping 6.Hokona Cellar 7.ECE 8.SRC Commons 2.Submitted the cost proposal to improve the coverage at the SUB 3.Upgraded the controller software to improve performance 4.Upgraded Airwave, to provide a more friendly user experience for planning and troubleshooting wireless issues 5.Continue to work with individual departments on how to address and resolve wireless coverage issues

Improving Wireless Infrastructure planning 1.Wireless Controllers update a)Aruba 6000 controller chassis upgrade to Aruba 7240 controller, to provide improved throughput and capacity b)The 7240 replaces a 6000 chassis with four controllers, and has the same AP capacity 2.Install and support AC capable access points a)Capable of using the 5GHz spectrum more efficiently allowing for speeds of up to 1.73Gbps to each client 3.Consolidate Lobo-WiFi and Lobo-SEC into one encrypted SSID for students, faculty, and staff 4.Use your Microsoft Active Directory account for wireless authentication 5.Continue to look for more ways to provide a seamless wireless experience for users, regardless of which device they use to connect to the network

Adiel Sanchez, Network Engineer Gary Bauerschmidt, Associate Director