1. Wireless Expansion Update and Three Year Plan Considerations
Greg Redder
Academic Computing & Networking Services
10/13/09

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

3. Review and status update
From Dec. 09, 2008 UTFAB meeting…
ii. Board expressed interest in seeing this project become recurring with supplemental funding in FY09, and a request to see a full proposal in the spring semester with a three-year project plan.
iii. Board endorses plan to upgrade wireless in Clark A and C wings, and in Morgan Library, with replaced access points being used to fix problems in other buildings at ACNS discretion.
iv. Motion to set funding level at $180,000, with $90,000 in University matching funds: Approved by unanimous consent
v. Final Vote: Approved 8-0

4. Review and status update
From April 14, 2009 UTFAB meeting:
Wireless Upgrades (allocated $200, to focus on Eddy, Education, Engineering and Chemistry. Possibly use a hybrid approach of using different density capable wireless routers).

5. 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”

6. Eddy (Last 365 days)
Eddy (Last 48 hours)

7. Clark A
Clark C

8. Morgan

9. Last 365 days (as of 10/9/09 except Morgan, CS, ClarkA/C)
Last 48 hours (as of 10/9/09 except Morgan, CS, ClarkA/C)

10. All Xirrus (Morgan/CS/TILT/Clark A&C)

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

12. Installation Update Two phases to each project:
Replace existing wireless with high-speed wireless.
Enhance density coverage in GA areas
Note: Actively working with Xirrus on issues at Library.

13. Installation Update
Eddy: Phase 1 completed. Analysis being done for Phase 2.
Engineering - A and B wings done for Phase 1 and C in progress.
Education and Chemistry by end of semester.
Still need to address a deficiency in Plant Sciences pending UTFAB decision/plan.

14. Budget Update $83K left ($73K left + $10K from Athletics)
Note: Education “donated” by Aruba
Concentrating on density in GA areas and coverage in rest of facility allowed us to reduce price from $.50/sq-ft to $.20 /sq-ft with Aruba
Leveraging Athletics funds for assistance with overall wireless costs such as licensing.
Aruba gear: might require more devices and wire pulls. However, won’t require twice as many devices and is less than ½ the cost.

15. Going forward…
Prioritization of next buildings which UTFAB would like upgraded.

16. Building Approximate Cost* GA Rooms/Seats 4/217 1/70 1/30 4/134 4/277
(red indicates older wireless)
Approximate Cost*
GA Rooms/Seats
Military Science
$2800
4/217
Guggenheim
$3400
1/70
Forestry
$5500
1/30
Animal Sciences
$8100
4/134
Shepardson
$9400
4/277
Wagar
$9700
5/357
Glover
$10,600
2/241
Pathology
$11,800
2/200
Physiology
$13,000
2/194
Microbiology
$13,200
4/261
Natural Resources
$14,700
6/324
NESB
$15,400
1/35
Plant Sciences
$16,400
3/406
Aylesworth
$17,344
3/263
MRB
$17,600
2/72
Visual Arts
$18,400
2/152
Gifford
$18,500
5/256
Anatomy Zoology
$29,700
3/303
Yates
$30,000
1/252
Rockwell???
$26,400
6/353 (old Rockwell)
*wire pulls can increase these numbers by up to $200 each pull

17. Questions and thank you!