Need a Crash Course in Wireless networking

[amdskip]

Hello, starting this Sunday, I will be supporting approximately 600 internet connections with 300 of them being wireless. I have very minimal experience with wireless. Floors 4-7 in this dorm building are wireless and they have access points set up.

The school currently provides the wireless networks cards needed. They use 3 different brands with one being 3 com. I have already been informed that the 3 com cards are horrible and cause most of the problems. Anyone have any knowledge on the subject?

Thanks for anything anyone can provide,

Jeff

 

[stephbu]

Have a sweep of the 3com Alias on DSL reports for some pointers to specific issues w/ 3com gear

 

[amdskip]

Thanks for the link.

 

[amdskip]

anyone else?

 

[ktwebb]

Been involved on many jobs that big and bigger but I am not sure what your asking. Only about 3com cards? Don't have any experience with them. If you know their a problem start switching them out with either Proxim or Cisco cards, assuming this is 802.11b. Beyond that, if you have a question about something I'll be happy to give it a shot. It'll be hard to make any real judgements without doing a site survey though. Might get you a laptop (the smaller the better) and a decent client utility to site survey this area your going to support. Find dead zones, weak coverage areas, etc...