Xirrus, Inc., the only Wi-Fi "Power-Play" that can replace Ethernet workgroup switches with Wi-Fi as the primary network connection, announced that Pepperdine University has deployed 161 XS8 Wi-Fi Arrays (1,288 radios) at their Malibu, California campus resulting in a high performance design while using 75 percent fewer devices, cable drops and switch ports than competitive offerings.
“Anyone deploying Wi-Fi in a university setting is foolish not to evaluate Xirrus. They engage like an expert consultant, execute like a full service integrator, and work alongside you right up to the end -- making sure you are successful,” says Tim Chester, CIO of Pepperdine University. “We were in the midst of a Wi-Fi implementation with another vendor when I noticed the project costs getting out of control due to the use of a predictive site survey rather than an active site survey. I called in Xirrus and within days they had accomplished a comprehensive free site survey, delivered a plan to execute to, and backed it up with a guarantee and a price that allowed us to deliver more and stay within budget.”
Wi-Fi site surveys are critical to the success of Wi-Fi deployments as they determine the placement and amount of Wi-Fi equipment required to meet the performance, coverage, and cost parameters for the planned Wi-Fi network. There are two major types of site surveys:
- Predictive site surveys utilize floor plans and software to estimate the coverage, placement, and amount of equipment required. However, these predictive surveys used by most Wi-Fi vendors are inaccurate as they fail to recognize RF issues found in the actual environments.
- Active site surveys utilize actual Wi-Fi products in the actual environment where the network is to be deployed to measure the exact coverage, performance, placement, and amount of equipment required. Because of the unique, fully integrated design of the Wi-Fi Array, active site surveys are fast, easy, accurate, and most importantly can be guaranteed.
"Coverage alone is not a sufficient condition for wireless ‘device rich’ environments. For example, one of our six student dormitory suites on average contains six laptops, two desktops, six mobile phones, several wireless music systems, and several wireless video gaming systems. To successfully meet end user demand in a ‘device rich’ environment like this you must implement a dense radio design and operate on as many channels as possible to deliver the maximum amount of throughput possible. Xirrus is the only manufacturer that we felt was up to this challenge," adds Chester.
For more information, visit www.xirrus.com.
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