Wireless Expansion Update Greg Redder greg reddercolostate edu

Wireless Expansion Update Greg Redder greg. redder@colostate. edu, 1 -7222 Academic Computing & Networking Services 4/6/10

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Agenda • Review and status update • Installation update • Where to go next

Review and status update From April 14, 2009 UTFAB meeting: Wireless Upgrades: allocated $200, 000. 00 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

Installation Phases Just a reminder… Two phases to each project: 1. Replace existing wireless with high-speed wireless. 2. Enhance density coverage in GA areas after “watching” the system for several months and fielding questions from clients.

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

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

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”

Statistics Summary (“big picture”) • Roughly 2800 -3200 devices connected at peak times.

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

View over the past year…

Eddy (Last 6 mos. )

Education (Last 6 mos. )

Engineering (Last 6 mos. )

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.

Budget Update Funding as of 4/6/10: $46 K remaining (+ $10 K 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.

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)

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

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

Questions and thank you!