Wireless Systems

A few months back I wrote a blog post on deploying your own wireless and not spending all the extra money for the "Cadillac". Well, I was wrong, we deployed a system that was at the time a very good system to use compared to our old Linksys access points that we had. It consisted of a controller, PoE, Gig connections and all the works, but as we used it more and more with more laptops the slower it got. So we decided to have Xirrus to come in and do a site survey and hoping to find answers. Well, we got them and the change is so extreme. We have now had Xirrus in place for only a few days but the change is so great. One thing I have noticed is our login times have been so much better, quicker that is, extremely quicker. We also did get the management software for it so it is so much easier to manage of coarse. So as we continue to learn what this system all does it get more exciting to me. I really enjoy learning more about networking since I didn't get to do a lot of it before since it was all set up when I came to the school here in Emmetsburg. So when our engineer got here and started talking numbers and network mask and things like that, I started getting confused. Muhammad, our Xirrus engineer explained everything so well to me and made me feel a little smarter on the networking side. So Tuesday night when he arrived we spent about 4 or 5 hours going through our network, deciding how we are going to setup our wireless infrastructure. After the night was of course we got to get a few hours of sleep, came in the next morning and we were ready to go. So we did our training as we waited for our arrays to arrive and then, they came. We were quite excited and ready for them as we were waiting for an hour or so and once the got here, it was work time. We starting un-boxing them and getting the software loaded on the server. So as soon as I got done installing the software, the other guys had them ready to go and labeled. So came the time to starting hanging and configuring them. Things went very smooth at the deployment and the rest is history. So if your looking for a great wireless system to consider in your district, look at Xirrus. From what I found, they are fast in more ways then one.