1. Wireless Expansion Update
Greg Redder
Academic Computing & Networking Services
4/6/10

3. Agenda
Review and status update
Installation update
Where to go next

4. Review and status update
From April 14, 2009 UTFAB meeting:
Wireless Upgrades: allocated $200, to focus on
Eddy
Education
Engineering
Chemistry
(Per UTFAB minutes: “Possibly use a hybrid approach of using different density capable wireless routers.”)
Per Oct. 27, 2009 meeting:
Continue working through buildings with most GA seats
Complete Rockwell if Rockwell comes onto campus standard

5. Installation Phases Just a reminder… Two phases to each project:
Replace existing wireless with high-speed wireless.
Enhance density coverage in GA areas after “watching” the system for several months and fielding questions from clients.

6. Installation Update Completed as requested:
Eddy, Education, Engineering, Chemistry, Rockwell.
Phase 2 pending by end of semester.
Next up (to be completed by end of semester):
Plant Sciences, Wagar, Natural Resources, A/Z, Shepardson

7. New/Remodel Buildings
Not UTFAB funded but using the same wireless:
Behavioral Sciences Building
Rec. Center
Parking Garage
Industrial Sciences
A number of smaller/new sites

8. Statistics
Two sets of statistics: one for each type of wireless network:
Xirrus (Morgan, Clark A/C, TILT, CS)
Aruba/Cisco (Everywhere else)
Have to look at stats from both to get “big picture”

9. Statistics Summary (“big picture”)
Roughly devices connected at peak times.

10. 2800 max connection on April 2
1400 clients on campus Aruba/Cisco
(The graph includes about 450 Housing users.)
Aruba
Aruba/Cisco
Xirrus
1400 clients on Xirrus (Clark/Morgan/TILT/CS)

11. View over the past year…

12. Eddy (Last 6 mos.)

13. Education (Last 6 mos.)

14. Engineering (Last 6 mos.)

15. Current Issues
Engineering A wing classroom has low signal – to be addressed in phase 2 of Engineering install to be completed by end of Semester.
Note: Believe issues resolved at Computer Science and Library.

16. Budget Update
Funding as of 4/6/10: $46K remaining (+ $10K from Athletics)
Planned expenditures:
Natural Resources: $10,500
A/Z: $18,200
Shepardson: $7,000
Xirrus maintenance/support: $7,233 (proposed split $14,465 with central funding)
Aruba maintenance/support: $6,600 (pay for with Athletics funding on 7/1/10)
This leaves: $3,273 remaining.

17. Proposed plan for remaining budget:
Finish up Plant Sciences and Wagar with current inventory.
Use remaining budget to continue with:
Natural Resources: $10,500
A/Z: $18,200
Shepardson: $7,000
And purchase Xirrus maintenance:
Xirrus maintenance/support: $7,233 (proposed split $14,465 with central funding)

18. Funding request
Maintenance going forward: $22K/yearly (Starting July 1, 2011)
Additional Projects to consider:
Finish all remaining buildings: $187K
Support for remaining buildings: ~20K
Make existing wireless controllers redundant: $22K
(UTFAB to prioritize future projects.)

19. Bldg
GA Rooms
Seats
Access Points
Type
Access Points Per Seat
Approx Cost
Clark 29
2830
Saturated
was very old (B)
Eddy 25
1146 8
was old (ABG)
143
Engineering 18
1072 37
Chemistry 5
538 17
was very old (BG) 32
Plant Sciences 3
406
very old (BG) 51
Wagar
357 71
Rockwell 6
353 x
Natural Resources
324
old (ABG) 54
Anatomy Zoology
303 12
8 old, 1 new, 4 very old (8ABG,1ABGN,4BG)
Education
289 B 58
Shepardson 4
277 55
Aylesworth
263 44
$12,450
Microbiology
261 11 24
$19,000
Gifford
256 9 28
$19,950
Yates 1
252 23
$11,350
Glover 2
241 30
$11,500
Johnson Theatre
220
2 new (theatre) 1 old (2 AGN, 1 BG) 73
$4,950
Military Science
217
109
$11,800
Pathology
200 7
$10,700
Physiology
194
Visual Arts
152 14
13 old, 1 very old (13ABG, 1BG)
$16,300
Animal Sciences
134
5 very old, 2 old (5BG, 2ABG) 19
$15,800
MRB 72
6 old, 3 very old (6ABG, 3BG)
$12,300
Guggenheim 70 35
$4,150
NESB 10
$10,550
Forestry 15
$14,550

20. Questions and thank you!