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| 185338 | 2003-10-21 02:59:00 | When looking at going wireless what should a school with walls all over the place, nooks and crannies etc... consider? Any good experiences with aprticular hardware? What is the TCO? |
Myke (3277) | ||
| 185339 | 2003-10-21 03:16:00 | I assume the aim is to eliminate the cost of cabling the school. Unfortunately you are likely to get a lot of problems. :-( Security is the first one. Unless you have all the computers you use set up for full security you might find that you are providing Internet connection to anyone who lives nearby, or who parks outside. Worse, you might not find out that this is happening. :_| I don't know what the answer is ... I would be inclined to hard wire: it's the one way to be sure that only authorised people can connect to your network. Probably with 100 MHz Ethernet, you don't need the full star expensive cabling layout ... a single (or a few ...) cable(s) as a backbone fed from the ADSL modem/router/firewall connected to a switch in each classroom would be perfectly usable. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 185340 | 2003-10-21 03:18:00 | I assume the aim is to eliminate the cost of cabling the school. Unfortunately you are likely to get a lot of problems. :-( Security is the major one. Unless you have all the computers you use set up for full security you might find that you are providing Internet connection to anyone who lives nearby, or who parks outside. Worse, you might not find out that this is happening. :_| I don't know what the answer is ... I would be inclined to hard wire: it's the one way to be sure that only authorised people can connect to your network. Probably with 100 MHz Ethernet, you don't need the full expensive cabling star layout ... a single (or a few ...) cable(s) as a backbone fed from an ADSL modem/router/firewall connected to a switch in each classroom would be perfectly usable. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 185341 | 2003-10-21 04:13:00 | > Security is the major one . Unless you have all the computers you use set up for full security you might find that you are providing Internet connection to anyone who lives nearby, or who parks outside . Worse, you might not find out that this is happening . Really? :O Hmmm, I wonder if any of my neighbours are running wireless that I may be able to hook into . . . . . . :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 185342 | 2003-10-21 04:29:00 | Try "warchalk" to google.co.nz/ . Your neigbour's (or your) address might be listed. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
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