1. RIT Campus Wireless Project
Laura O’Donnell | 10/14/10

2. The Campus
The campus consists of 238 buildings total (5.3 million sq. ft.).
RIT’s campus occupies 1,300 acres in suburban Rochester, NY.
Approximately 17,000 FT Students.
2700 FTE Employees.
Students- Technical & Highly Innovative

3. The Need for Wireless
The average RIT student brings 5 wireless devices to campus in the Fall.
The average RIT student brings 2 additional wireless devices to campus after Holiday Break.
Old Wireless Infrastructure –
250 Access Points – Many > 6 years old

4. Project Scope
Provide a robust Wireless n Service in the RIT academic buildings and common areas of the residence halls.
Offering 11n data rate connectivity in 5GHz (n only) and 2.4GHz (b\g\n).
Build redundancy into the system.

5. Project Details Start Date – November 2008 Due Dates
Implement n wireless in academic buildings by May 2009.
Implement wireless in common areas of residence halls & apartments by Sept 2009.
Hardware delivered- February 2009
Project Team- All worked part time on project
7 RIT Staff Members
2 Cisco Engineers

6. Opportunities
Residence Hall Common Areas expanded to all areas within Residence Halls.
State of the Art Wireless Technology
Partnering with Cisco
Technology in Academic Areas
Wireless Classes
Reviewed design
NTID C-Print Application – ADA compliance
Access to rooms

7. Opportunities Residence Halls Communications Concrete
Rogue Access Points & Routers
Games
Non-standardized equipment
Communications
Are we going to make the deadline?
How to communicate to students?

8. In The End 126 miles of cable were laid.
3400 Access Points (Aps) were installed.
1100 Aps in Residence Halls.
600 Aps in Apartments.
1700 Aps in Academic Buildings.
Academic buildings completed by May 2009.
Residence Halls & apartments completed by August 15th 2009.
Under Budget.

9. THANK YOU