New campus Wi-Fi planned for 2009
Ya-An Chan
Issue date: 9/17/08 Section: News
SJSU's installation of a new wireless network may solve some students' problems, as the current wireless network will phase out at the end of 2008.
"It logs me out for no reason," said Renee Koppany, a senior animation and illustration major.
Jason Yin, a senior marketing major, said the unstable wireless connection is inconvenient and irritating when he is doing research.
"It happens to me like four times in a day, and always takes me two minutes to log back in," Yin said.
W. Richard Port, the network analyst from SJSU's University Computing and Telecommunications, said this problem happens when a workstation automatically connects to the access point that has the strongest signal at the moment.
"The workstation moves from one access point to another, but unfortunately the session doesn't get transferred," Port said. "That's why students were being logged off without warning and have to log in again."
In September 2007, the California State University system selected Aruba Networks's wireless networks as the primary wireless LAN network vendor for all 23 campuses, according to the company's Web site.
The new wireless network is expected to be ready for Spring 2009, Port said.
SJSU was picked as the sixth campus to implement the new wireless network, and the first kick-off meeting was held on Tuesday, Port said.
The new wireless network, Port said, will allow users to go from one access point to another without being dropped from the network.
Even if a workstation senses another access point and moves to it, the system will keep the session and move it along, Port said.
Also, the new wireless network will allow the access points in one space to automatically communicate with one another and adjust their levels of signal so there is enough connection to accommodate everyone, Port said.
"If all the access points are strong, they will just shout at each other and nobody can get onto the network," Port said. "And if all the workstations use the same access point, the connection will become very slow."
"It logs me out for no reason," said Renee Koppany, a senior animation and illustration major.
Jason Yin, a senior marketing major, said the unstable wireless connection is inconvenient and irritating when he is doing research.
"It happens to me like four times in a day, and always takes me two minutes to log back in," Yin said.
W. Richard Port, the network analyst from SJSU's University Computing and Telecommunications, said this problem happens when a workstation automatically connects to the access point that has the strongest signal at the moment.
"The workstation moves from one access point to another, but unfortunately the session doesn't get transferred," Port said. "That's why students were being logged off without warning and have to log in again."
In September 2007, the California State University system selected Aruba Networks's wireless networks as the primary wireless LAN network vendor for all 23 campuses, according to the company's Web site.
The new wireless network is expected to be ready for Spring 2009, Port said.
SJSU was picked as the sixth campus to implement the new wireless network, and the first kick-off meeting was held on Tuesday, Port said.
The new wireless network, Port said, will allow users to go from one access point to another without being dropped from the network.
Even if a workstation senses another access point and moves to it, the system will keep the session and move it along, Port said.
Also, the new wireless network will allow the access points in one space to automatically communicate with one another and adjust their levels of signal so there is enough connection to accommodate everyone, Port said.
"If all the access points are strong, they will just shout at each other and nobody can get onto the network," Port said. "And if all the workstations use the same access point, the connection will become very slow."
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Michael C
posted 9/17/08 @ 11:34 AM PST
Hurray!
Nael M.
posted 9/17/08 @ 1:02 PM PST
Sounds awesome. I always had that problem back when I was still a student, getting kicked off at the most inopportune time - the most reliable session I ever had was usually in the CS Club. (Continued…)
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