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Managing anything in a K-12 environment can be a very strenuous activity. Imagine all those different school buildings, thousands of students, parents, and teachers and then multiply that by government regulation and bureaucracy. In this episode of AirWaves we speak with Michael Cooper of Oak Hills Local School District who has been managing a Cisco autonomous AP based network for several years. Michael shares his thoughts on WLAN network management and how he transitioned from an, “I’ll just console in,” management style to valuing the benefits of an enterprise grade network management tool. Please take a listen and provide your feedback in our forums.

 

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This week we recorded a podcast with the main wireless LAN guys from MIT, Brown and Princeton…hence the Ivy+ League moniker. Chris, Don, and Daniel offer candid insights into how they are managing their campus wide WLAN deployments, where their networks are headed and how they are dealing with new technologies like 802.11 and the iPhone. These guys have been cumulatively running wireless networks for over 10 years and they have all seen the impact of different radio technologies, wireless LAN architectures, and physical deployment scenarios. If you are managing your own wireless LAN or would like to learn from people who are managing hundreds of wireless nodes and supporting thousands of wireless clients, please take a listen.