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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Converged
Communications Steering Committee Discussion List [mailto:CCSC@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Wendy Wigen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September 04, 2008
8:37 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> CCSC@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CCSC] Network
Administrators Keep a Wary Eye on Increasing Demand for WiFi</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3289/network-administrators-keep-a-wary-eye-on-increasing-demand-for-wifi">http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3289/network-administrators-keep-a-wary-eye-on-increasing-demand-for-wifi</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h3>
<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>September
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<h3><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Network
Administrators Keep a Wary Eye on Increasing Demand for WiFi</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></h3>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>How
robust is your institution’s wireless network? Students, faculty members,
and others now expect to be able to connect their laptops to the Internet
anywhere, to say nothing of their iPods and other devices. And they’re
not just checking e-mail, either—they want to listen to music, keep up
with YouTube videos, and maybe even watch television online. But that kind of
heavy demand, especially in areas that attract lots of simultaneous users, is a
challenge for those who oversee campus networks, according to an article in </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150490/the_challenge_of_scaling_a_wireless_lan.html"><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>PC World.</span></font></i></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Carnegie</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Mellon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, for
instance, is upgrading wireless networks in its residence halls to use the
latest 802.11n technology, as well as connection points that each packs up to
16 WiFi radios, with antennae divided by sector to reduce interference. Other
institutions are dealing with overloads on the servers that assign Internet
addresses as machines connect to campus networks. Still others face
developments like the Slingbox, a device that lets students stream
cable-television programs over the campus network from their dorm rooms to
their laptops—so they can watch TV wherever they happen to be. </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>John
Turner, director of network and systems at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Brandeis</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
says that as recently as three years ago the university had comparative few
wireless users. “Now everyone has a laptop,” he says. “These
scaling issues are becoming more and more apparent where lots of folks show up
and you need to make things happen.” <i><span style='font-style:italic'>—<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lawrence</st1:place></st1:City> Biemiller</span></i></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1150 18th St. NW
Suite 1010</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20036-3824</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>202-331-5372</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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