Dartmouth Goes to Aruba to Build Nation’s Largest University Wi-Fi Network

With hundreds of Cisco 350 802.11b access points (APs) installed throughout its campus, Dartmouth College was struggling to keep up. Managing and upgrading these APs had become unbearable. Meanwhile voice, video, 802.11a and 802.1X were all on the Wi-Fi horizon. But Dartmouth had no way to easily get to where it wanted to go. Enter Aruba Networks.

Dartmouth’s legacy wireless network has provided open 802.11b access across 1.8 square miles of campus populated by over 200 buildings. It must support over 6,000 students and 2,500 faculty. All entering freshman receive a preconfigured, standard-issue laptop enabled for 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi. Approximately 70 percent of Dartmouth’s users are Windows based. The remaining 30 percent use Macintosh clients.


Among Dartmouth’s biggest concerns with its legacy Wi-Fi network were management, scalability and performance. The college is currently migrating to dual-band 802.11a+b/g infrastructure, adding another 1,000 access points to deliver video and handle a large number of concurrent VoIP calls. Dartmouth is also implementing a unified wired and wireless security model system wide.

With over 550 Cisco 350 802.11b APs, Dartmouth was overwhelmed with operational management issues. “Each AP had to be individually configured with user names, passwords, firmware updates, etc.,” said David Bourque, network engineer at Dartmouth College. “WLSE helped by automating some of these processes, but wasn’t an easy interface to use. We were getting lots of false positives and negatives.”

According to Bourque, after configuring APs using Cisco’s WLSE, acknowledgements were sent to confirm AP configurations. But Dartmouth found many of the acknowledged AP configurations weren’t correct. This caused concerns about migrating to a new security scheme using the existing infrastructure, especially when the college was tripling the number of APs. “Cisco’s WLSE along with the new WLSM could solve some of these problems, but it was still too expensive to implement on a large scale, was disjointed and lacked all the features we found in the Aruba system.”

To deliver superior performance, scalability and coverage, Dartmouth constructed a wireless network densely populated with Aruba APs. A single Aruba 5000 wireless LAN (WLAN) switch supports hundreds of APs, thousands of users and gigabits of encrypted throughput.

“We wanted small cell sizes for higher data rates so users’ wireless experience matched the wire,” said Bourque. “Aruba’s system is built for this ’cellular-like’ model where the WLAN switch actually controls the transmit power, channel assignment and personality of each AP based on what service we need to provide. Cisco focused on larger cells and extending the RF signal around campus.”

Dartmouth is examining and implementing a variety of security options, from Webbased authentication to 802.1X and VPNs to PKI. Their requirements are for a system that can support all authentication methods simultaneously without having to deploy and distribute equipment throughout its network. “The Aruba system gives us complete flexibility to implement 802.1X, for example, for any and every port on the network from a central point,” said Bourque. “We can now virtualize 802.1X for the entire network and deliver universal authentication on any port without having to touch each closet switch or disrupting current network operations.”


Automated radio management was another key issue because Dartmouth’s existing wireless environment didn’t support RF management, and therefore required a discrete system of sensors or manual RF fingerprinting. “No amount of human planning could account for the real RF environment and the constantly changing propagation of RF signals in our buildings,” said Bourque. Aruba’s automated radio management (ARM) technology is used to optimize channel assignments, avoid interference and ensure pervasive Wi-Fi coverage.

Dartmouth is using the wireless network for voice and video applications as well as data. For voice, Dartmouth is deploying 75 Cisco 7920 VoIP phones for faculty and staff, 800 Cisco IP Communicator soft phones and 125 Vocera badges. About 4,000 to 7,000 phone lines have been converted to VoIP. Faculty and staff use the Vocera badges to quickly locate colleagues on campus, as well as to help others outside Dartmouth locate them. When calling a Vocera phone number, voice recognition is used by the system to pinpoint the target badge in order to route the call over 802.11b to the right Vocera IP badge. The Aruba system uniquely identifies, classifies and prioritizes voice traffic, such as SIP or H.323, over data traffic. Dartmouth broadcasts separate SSIDs for each traffic type, using Aruba’s integrated stateful firewall to apply security policies for each.

For video distribution, Video Furnace servers are used to convert cable TV channels into MPEG video streams that can be multicast to laptops using client software agents. When a student signs up for access to a channel, the user is added to an IGMP multicast group for that channel. Because each computer needs 400K to 2Mbps to screen video content, efficient use of bandwidth is essential. Any given Aruba AP (802.11a) supports four or more simultaneous MPEG data streams. “Dense deployment of Aruba APs gives us the performance, coverage and scale that make this project even possible.”

The Aruba system gives us complete flexibility to implement 802.1X, for
example, for any and every port on the network from a central point without
having to upgrade the entire wired network.

David Bourque: Network Engineering, Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Goes to Aruba to Build Nation’s Largest University Wi-Fi Network

With hundreds of Cisco 350 802.11b access points (APs) installed throughout its campus, Dartmouth College was struggling to keep up. Managing and upgrading these APs had become unbearable. Meanwhile voice, video, 802.11a and 802.1X were all on the Wi-Fi horizon. But Dartmouth had no way to easily get to where it wanted to go. Enter Aruba Networks.

Dartmouth’s legacy wireless network has provided open 802.11b access across 1.8 square miles of campus populated by over 200 buildings. It must support over 6,000 students and 2,500 faculty. All entering freshman receive a preconfigured, standard-issue laptop enabled for 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi. Approximately 70 percent of Dartmouth’s users are Windows based. The remaining 30 percent use Macintosh clients.


Among Dartmouth’s biggest concerns with its legacy Wi-Fi network were management, scalability and performance. The college is currently migrating to dual-band 802.11a+b/g infrastructure, adding another 1,000 access points to deliver video and handle a large number of concurrent VoIP calls. Dartmouth is also implementing a unified wired and wireless security model system wide.

With over 550 Cisco 350 802.11b APs, Dartmouth was overwhelmed with operational management issues. “Each AP had to be individually configured with user names, passwords, firmware updates, etc.,” said David Bourque, network engineer at Dartmouth College. “WLSE helped by automating some of these processes, but wasn’t an easy interface to use. We were getting lots of false positives and negatives.”

According to Bourque, after configuring APs using Cisco’s WLSE, acknowledgements were sent to confirm AP configurations. But Dartmouth found many of the acknowledged AP configurations weren’t correct. This caused concerns about migrating to a new security scheme using the existing infrastructure, especially when the college was tripling the number of APs. “Cisco’s WLSE along with the new WLSM could solve some of these problems, but it was still too expensive to implement on a large scale, was disjointed and lacked all the features we found in the Aruba system.”

To deliver superior performance, scalability and coverage, Dartmouth constructed a wireless network densely populated with Aruba APs. A single Aruba 5000 wireless LAN (WLAN) switch supports hundreds of APs, thousands of users and gigabits of encrypted throughput.

“We wanted small cell sizes for higher data rates so users’ wireless experience matched the wire,” said Bourque. “Aruba’s system is built for this ’cellular-like’ model where the WLAN switch actually controls the transmit power, channel assignment and personality of each AP based on what service we need to provide. Cisco focused on larger cells and extending the RF signal around campus.”

Dartmouth is examining and implementing a variety of security options, from Webbased authentication to 802.1X and VPNs to PKI. Their requirements are for a system that can support all authentication methods simultaneously without having to deploy and distribute equipment throughout its network. “The Aruba system gives us complete flexibility to implement 802.1X, for example, for any and every port on the network from a central point,” said Bourque. “We can now virtualize 802.1X for the entire network and deliver universal authentication on any port without having to touch each closet switch or disrupting current network operations.”


Automated radio management was another key issue because Dartmouth’s existing wireless environment didn’t support RF management, and therefore required a discrete system of sensors or manual RF fingerprinting. “No amount of human planning could account for the real RF environment and the constantly changing propagation of RF signals in our buildings,” said Bourque. Aruba’s automated radio management (ARM) technology is used to optimize channel assignments, avoid interference and ensure pervasive Wi-Fi coverage.

Dartmouth is using the wireless network for voice and video applications as well as data. For voice, Dartmouth is deploying 75 Cisco 7920 VoIP phones for faculty and staff, 800 Cisco IP Communicator soft phones and 125 Vocera badges. About 4,000 to 7,000 phone lines have been converted to VoIP. Faculty and staff use the Vocera badges to quickly locate colleagues on campus, as well as to help others outside Dartmouth locate them. When calling a Vocera phone number, voice recognition is used by the system to pinpoint the target badge in order to route the call over 802.11b to the right Vocera IP badge. The Aruba system uniquely identifies, classifies and prioritizes voice traffic, such as SIP or H.323, over data traffic. Dartmouth broadcasts separate SSIDs for each traffic type, using Aruba’s integrated stateful firewall to apply security policies for each.

For video distribution, Video Furnace servers are used to convert cable TV channels into MPEG video streams that can be multicast to laptops using client software agents. When a student signs up for access to a channel, the user is added to an IGMP multicast group for that channel. Because each computer needs 400K to 2Mbps to screen video content, efficient use of bandwidth is essential. Any given Aruba AP (802.11a) supports four or more simultaneous MPEG data streams. “Dense deployment of Aruba APs gives us the performance, coverage and scale that make this project even possible.”

The Aruba system gives us complete flexibility to implement 802.1X, for
example, for any and every port on the network from a central point without
having to upgrade the entire wired network.

David Bourque: Network Engineering, Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Goes to Aruba to Build Nation’s Largest University Wi-Fi Network

With hundreds of Cisco 350 802.11b access points (APs) installed throughout its campus, Dartmouth College was struggling to keep up. Managing and upgrading these APs had become unbearable. Meanwhile voice, video, 802.11a and 802.1X were all on the Wi-Fi horizon. But Dartmouth had no way to easily get to where it wanted to go. Enter Aruba Networks.

Dartmouth’s legacy wireless network has provided open 802.11b access across 1.8 square miles of campus populated by over 200 buildings. It must support over 6,000 students and 2,500 faculty. All entering freshman receive a preconfigured, standard-issue laptop enabled for 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi. Approximately 70 percent of Dartmouth’s users are Windows based. The remaining 30 percent use Macintosh clients.


Among Dartmouth’s biggest concerns with its legacy Wi-Fi network were management, scalability and performance. The college is currently migrating to dual-band 802.11a+b/g infrastructure, adding another 1,000 access points to deliver video and handle a large number of concurrent VoIP calls. Dartmouth is also implementing a unified wired and wireless security model system wide.

With over 550 Cisco 350 802.11b APs, Dartmouth was overwhelmed with operational management issues. “Each AP had to be individually configured with user names, passwords, firmware updates, etc.,” said David Bourque, network engineer at Dartmouth College. “WLSE helped by automating some of these processes, but wasn’t an easy interface to use. We were getting lots of false positives and negatives.”

According to Bourque, after configuring APs using Cisco’s WLSE, acknowledgements were sent to confirm AP configurations. But Dartmouth found many of the acknowledged AP configurations weren’t correct. This caused concerns about migrating to a new security scheme using the existing infrastructure, especially when the college was tripling the number of APs. “Cisco’s WLSE along with the new WLSM could solve some of these problems, but it was still too expensive to implement on a large scale, was disjointed and lacked all the features we found in the Aruba system.”

To deliver superior performance, scalability and coverage, Dartmouth constructed a wireless network densely populated with Aruba APs. A single Aruba 5000 wireless LAN (WLAN) switch supports hundreds of APs, thousands of users and gigabits of encrypted throughput.

“We wanted small cell sizes for higher data rates so users’ wireless experience matched the wire,” said Bourque. “Aruba’s system is built for this ’cellular-like’ model where the WLAN switch actually controls the transmit power, channel assignment and personality of each AP based on what service we need to provide. Cisco focused on larger cells and extending the RF signal around campus.”

Dartmouth is examining and implementing a variety of security options, from Webbased authentication to 802.1X and VPNs to PKI. Their requirements are for a system that can support all authentication methods simultaneously without having to deploy and distribute equipment throughout its network. “The Aruba system gives us complete flexibility to implement 802.1X, for example, for any and every port on the network from a central point,” said Bourque. “We can now virtualize 802.1X for the entire network and deliver universal authentication on any port without having to touch each closet switch or disrupting current network operations.”


Automated radio management was another key issue because Dartmouth’s existing wireless environment didn’t support RF management, and therefore required a discrete system of sensors or manual RF fingerprinting. “No amount of human planning could account for the real RF environment and the constantly changing propagation of RF signals in our buildings,” said Bourque. Aruba’s automated radio management (ARM) technology is used to optimize channel assignments, avoid interference and ensure pervasive Wi-Fi coverage.

Dartmouth is using the wireless network for voice and video applications as well as data. For voice, Dartmouth is deploying 75 Cisco 7920 VoIP phones for faculty and staff, 800 Cisco IP Communicator soft phones and 125 Vocera badges. About 4,000 to 7,000 phone lines have been converted to VoIP. Faculty and staff use the Vocera badges to quickly locate colleagues on campus, as well as to help others outside Dartmouth locate them. When calling a Vocera phone number, voice recognition is used by the system to pinpoint the target badge in order to route the call over 802.11b to the right Vocera IP badge. The Aruba system uniquely identifies, classifies and prioritizes voice traffic, such as SIP or H.323, over data traffic. Dartmouth broadcasts separate SSIDs for each traffic type, using Aruba’s integrated stateful firewall to apply security policies for each.

For video distribution, Video Furnace servers are used to convert cable TV channels into MPEG video streams that can be multicast to laptops using client software agents. When a student signs up for access to a channel, the user is added to an IGMP multicast group for that channel. Because each computer needs 400K to 2Mbps to screen video content, efficient use of bandwidth is essential. Any given Aruba AP (802.11a) supports four or more simultaneous MPEG data streams. “Dense deployment of Aruba APs gives us the performance, coverage and scale that make this project even possible.”

The Aruba system gives us complete flexibility to implement 802.1X, for
example, for any and every port on the network from a central point without
having to upgrade the entire wired network.

David Bourque: Network Engineering, Dartmouth College

Aruba Networks Teams with Juniper Networks to Deliver Secure Enterprise Mobility Solutions

McCarran International Airport Selects Aruba and Juniper to Secure its Mobile Network

Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge Company, today announced it has joined the Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR) J-Partner Solutions Alliances program, enabling joint customers to extend their investment in Juniper's security products across their mobile workforces. The joint collaboration ensures that Aruba mobility controllers are pre-tested for interoperability with Juniper's firewall/VPN devices and AAA/802.1X solutions to save enterprises the operational costs of integrating multiple systems. The two companies have already signed their first customer, McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.

"Given the growing complexity of today's enterprise networks, infrastructure vendors not only need to deliver functionality, but the integration that enables IT to bring together the best possible products to fulfill their unique objectives," said Dave Passmore, research director for leading industry analyst firm Burton Group. "Closed single-vendor systems can promise integration, but leave the enterprise with too much dependence on a single infrastructure vendor."

McCarran ranks as the fifth busiest airport in the United States, based on passenger traffic. In 2005, it decided to provide free, open Wi-Fi access throughout the airport, and needed to ensure its solution would provide network protection from the thousands of guest users who would be logging on every day. McCarran selected the Aruba and Juniper solution to provide a secure WLAN infrastructure for its mobile workforce and guest users.

"Network security was paramount and we're pleased to see the solutions from Aruba and Juniper interoperate seamlessly and securely out of the box," said Gerard Hughes, technical services manager for the Clark County Department of Aviation, which manages network and telecommunications at McCarran. "To have best-of-breed security and WLAN solutions that don't require complex configuration is an important contrast to the proprietary security solutions being touted by many vendors and a testament to how standards-based interoperability can be made to work well."

The key beneficiaries of the joint effort are:

Mobile Enterprises that require secure, standards-based access to networks and resources: With 802.11i now established as the proven security standard for a wireless LAN deployment, Aruba and Juniper deliver a secure standards-based enterprise WLAN solution. Aruba mobility controllers interoperate with Juniper Steel-Belted Radius Server and with Odyssey 802.1X Access Clients to create the joint solution.

Distributed Enterprises that have mission-critical wireless networks in branches: Wireless is quickly becoming the primary connectivity method for enterprise branch offices where multiple mission-critical applications including data, voice, barcode scanning, inventory management, active RFID and asset tracking need to be supported. The Aruba 200 series mobility controller is purpose-built for such deployments and controls up to six access points and can be deployed as the sole network services device for a retail outlet by setting up a secure IPSEC VPN tunnel to any Juniper firewall/VPN device.

Government Organizations: The Department of Defense's directive 8100.2 requires Layer 2 encryption for wireless deployments and Aruba and Juniper can deliver a complete FIPS 140-2 validated 802.11i solution today. Additionally, xSec, a FIPS 140-2 validated security protocol provides 802.1X and AES encryption as an interim step to enable 802.11i class security for wired and legacy wireless clients.

Healthcare and Educational Institutions that need to provide open access (i.e., no encryption) for unmanaged wireless clients: Enterprises can protect information assets and defend against malware, worms or viruses entering the open access wireless infrastructure by ensuring that all unsecured traffic passes through Juniper's deep packet inspection firewall capabilities.

Aruba's collaboration with Juniper is another example of how Aruba's Mobile Edge architecture and open standards extend the capabilities of its secure mobility systems, facilitating interoperability with open solutions throughout the enterprise network.

The joint solution from Aruba and Juniper Networks is available now.

Aruba Networks Teams with Juniper Networks to Deliver Secure Enterprise Mobility Solutions

McCarran International Airport Selects Aruba and Juniper to Secure its Mobile Network

Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge Company, today announced it has joined the Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR) J-Partner Solutions Alliances program, enabling joint customers to extend their investment in Juniper's security products across their mobile workforces. The joint collaboration ensures that Aruba mobility controllers are pre-tested for interoperability with Juniper's firewall/VPN devices and AAA/802.1X solutions to save enterprises the operational costs of integrating multiple systems. The two companies have already signed their first customer, McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.

"Given the growing complexity of today's enterprise networks, infrastructure vendors not only need to deliver functionality, but the integration that enables IT to bring together the best possible products to fulfill their unique objectives," said Dave Passmore, research director for leading industry analyst firm Burton Group. "Closed single-vendor systems can promise integration, but leave the enterprise with too much dependence on a single infrastructure vendor."

McCarran ranks as the fifth busiest airport in the United States, based on passenger traffic. In 2005, it decided to provide free, open Wi-Fi access throughout the airport, and needed to ensure its solution would provide network protection from the thousands of guest users who would be logging on every day. McCarran selected the Aruba and Juniper solution to provide a secure WLAN infrastructure for its mobile workforce and guest users.

"Network security was paramount and we're pleased to see the solutions from Aruba and Juniper interoperate seamlessly and securely out of the box," said Gerard Hughes, technical services manager for the Clark County Department of Aviation, which manages network and telecommunications at McCarran. "To have best-of-breed security and WLAN solutions that don't require complex configuration is an important contrast to the proprietary security solutions being touted by many vendors and a testament to how standards-based interoperability can be made to work well."

The key beneficiaries of the joint effort are:

Mobile Enterprises that require secure, standards-based access to networks and resources: With 802.11i now established as the proven security standard for a wireless LAN deployment, Aruba and Juniper deliver a secure standards-based enterprise WLAN solution. Aruba mobility controllers interoperate with Juniper Steel-Belted Radius Server and with Odyssey 802.1X Access Clients to create the joint solution.

Distributed Enterprises that have mission-critical wireless networks in branches: Wireless is quickly becoming the primary connectivity method for enterprise branch offices where multiple mission-critical applications including data, voice, barcode scanning, inventory management, active RFID and asset tracking need to be supported. The Aruba 200 series mobility controller is purpose-built for such deployments and controls up to six access points and can be deployed as the sole network services device for a retail outlet by setting up a secure IPSEC VPN tunnel to any Juniper firewall/VPN device.

Government Organizations: The Department of Defense's directive 8100.2 requires Layer 2 encryption for wireless deployments and Aruba and Juniper can deliver a complete FIPS 140-2 validated 802.11i solution today. Additionally, xSec, a FIPS 140-2 validated security protocol provides 802.1X and AES encryption as an interim step to enable 802.11i class security for wired and legacy wireless clients.

Healthcare and Educational Institutions that need to provide open access (i.e., no encryption) for unmanaged wireless clients: Enterprises can protect information assets and defend against malware, worms or viruses entering the open access wireless infrastructure by ensuring that all unsecured traffic passes through Juniper's deep packet inspection firewall capabilities.

Aruba's collaboration with Juniper is another example of how Aruba's Mobile Edge architecture and open standards extend the capabilities of its secure mobility systems, facilitating interoperability with open solutions throughout the enterprise network.

The joint solution from Aruba and Juniper Networks is available now.

Aruba Networks Teams with Juniper Networks to Deliver Secure Enterprise Mobility Solutions

McCarran International Airport Selects Aruba and Juniper to Secure its Mobile Network

Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge Company, today announced it has joined the Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR) J-Partner Solutions Alliances program, enabling joint customers to extend their investment in Juniper's security products across their mobile workforces. The joint collaboration ensures that Aruba mobility controllers are pre-tested for interoperability with Juniper's firewall/VPN devices and AAA/802.1X solutions to save enterprises the operational costs of integrating multiple systems. The two companies have already signed their first customer, McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas.

"Given the growing complexity of today's enterprise networks, infrastructure vendors not only need to deliver functionality, but the integration that enables IT to bring together the best possible products to fulfill their unique objectives," said Dave Passmore, research director for leading industry analyst firm Burton Group. "Closed single-vendor systems can promise integration, but leave the enterprise with too much dependence on a single infrastructure vendor."

McCarran ranks as the fifth busiest airport in the United States, based on passenger traffic. In 2005, it decided to provide free, open Wi-Fi access throughout the airport, and needed to ensure its solution would provide network protection from the thousands of guest users who would be logging on every day. McCarran selected the Aruba and Juniper solution to provide a secure WLAN infrastructure for its mobile workforce and guest users.

"Network security was paramount and we're pleased to see the solutions from Aruba and Juniper interoperate seamlessly and securely out of the box," said Gerard Hughes, technical services manager for the Clark County Department of Aviation, which manages network and telecommunications at McCarran. "To have best-of-breed security and WLAN solutions that don't require complex configuration is an important contrast to the proprietary security solutions being touted by many vendors and a testament to how standards-based interoperability can be made to work well."

The key beneficiaries of the joint effort are:

Mobile Enterprises that require secure, standards-based access to networks and resources: With 802.11i now established as the proven security standard for a wireless LAN deployment, Aruba and Juniper deliver a secure standards-based enterprise WLAN solution. Aruba mobility controllers interoperate with Juniper Steel-Belted Radius Server and with Odyssey 802.1X Access Clients to create the joint solution.

Distributed Enterprises that have mission-critical wireless networks in branches: Wireless is quickly becoming the primary connectivity method for enterprise branch offices where multiple mission-critical applications including data, voice, barcode scanning, inventory management, active RFID and asset tracking need to be supported. The Aruba 200 series mobility controller is purpose-built for such deployments and controls up to six access points and can be deployed as the sole network services device for a retail outlet by setting up a secure IPSEC VPN tunnel to any Juniper firewall/VPN device.

Government Organizations: The Department of Defense's directive 8100.2 requires Layer 2 encryption for wireless deployments and Aruba and Juniper can deliver a complete FIPS 140-2 validated 802.11i solution today. Additionally, xSec, a FIPS 140-2 validated security protocol provides 802.1X and AES encryption as an interim step to enable 802.11i class security for wired and legacy wireless clients.

Healthcare and Educational Institutions that need to provide open access (i.e., no encryption) for unmanaged wireless clients: Enterprises can protect information assets and defend against malware, worms or viruses entering the open access wireless infrastructure by ensuring that all unsecured traffic passes through Juniper's deep packet inspection firewall capabilities.

Aruba's collaboration with Juniper is another example of how Aruba's Mobile Edge architecture and open standards extend the capabilities of its secure mobility systems, facilitating interoperability with open solutions throughout the enterprise network.

The joint solution from Aruba and Juniper Networks is available now.

Deployment Phases at Ohio State University

Ohio State is currently conducting proof of concept testing in the College of Humanities-which has 40 APs and two mobility controllers. It is also completing the installation of wireless throughout its residence halls, which will include over 1,800 APs and five mobility controllers. The university will complete the 31 residence hall network-which will be a high-density installation supporting over 12,000 students-within the next 30 days. After this phase is complete, the university will install 400 APs in student gathering areas, which are publicly accessible spaces that are freely open to all students, faculty, and staff across campus. These areas could include classrooms, food courts, study lounges, lobbies, and outside green spaces. The entire campus-wide wireless deployment is expected to be complete in 2011 with an estimated 10,000 APs deployed.

Deployment Phases at Ohio State University

Ohio State is currently conducting proof of concept testing in the College of Humanities-which has 40 APs and two mobility controllers. It is also completing the installation of wireless throughout its residence halls, which will include over 1,800 APs and five mobility controllers. The university will complete the 31 residence hall network-which will be a high-density installation supporting over 12,000 students-within the next 30 days. After this phase is complete, the university will install 400 APs in student gathering areas, which are publicly accessible spaces that are freely open to all students, faculty, and staff across campus. These areas could include classrooms, food courts, study lounges, lobbies, and outside green spaces. The entire campus-wide wireless deployment is expected to be complete in 2011 with an estimated 10,000 APs deployed.

Deployment Phases at Ohio State University

Ohio State is currently conducting proof of concept testing in the College of Humanities-which has 40 APs and two mobility controllers. It is also completing the installation of wireless throughout its residence halls, which will include over 1,800 APs and five mobility controllers. The university will complete the 31 residence hall network-which will be a high-density installation supporting over 12,000 students-within the next 30 days. After this phase is complete, the university will install 400 APs in student gathering areas, which are publicly accessible spaces that are freely open to all students, faculty, and staff across campus. These areas could include classrooms, food courts, study lounges, lobbies, and outside green spaces. The entire campus-wide wireless deployment is expected to be complete in 2011 with an estimated 10,000 APs deployed.

ARUBA NETWORKS INSTALLS WORLD'S LARGEST WIRELESS LAN AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge company, today announced it has deployed its Mobile Edge solution at The Ohio State University in what is believed to be the world's largest wireless LAN to date. When the rollout is complete, the Aruba wireless network will cover Ohio State University's main campus-which comprises over 400 buildings and 25 million square feet, sitting on approximately 1,700 acres. The Aruba network will provide ubiquitous wireless access to the university's student population of over 50,000, in addition to over 27,000 faculty and staff. Ohio State has estimated that over 3,000 Access Points (APs) are required for minimal coverage-and up to 10,000 APs may be required for optimal coverage, along with over 40 mobility controllers distributed across their three core router points of presence (POPs).
Ohio State University is now in the first year of a five-year project to deploy the Aruba wireless network. "Within a mere three weeks, we have been able to activate over 1,700 APs in 28 buildings," said Bob Corbin, director of telecommunications and networking, Ohio State University Office of Information Technology.

ARUBA NETWORKS INSTALLS WORLD'S LARGEST WIRELESS LAN AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge company, today announced it has deployed its Mobile Edge solution at The Ohio State University in what is believed to be the world's largest wireless LAN to date. When the rollout is complete, the Aruba wireless network will cover Ohio State University's main campus-which comprises over 400 buildings and 25 million square feet, sitting on approximately 1,700 acres. The Aruba network will provide ubiquitous wireless access to the university's student population of over 50,000, in addition to over 27,000 faculty and staff. Ohio State has estimated that over 3,000 Access Points (APs) are required for minimal coverage-and up to 10,000 APs may be required for optimal coverage, along with over 40 mobility controllers distributed across their three core router points of presence (POPs).
Ohio State University is now in the first year of a five-year project to deploy the Aruba wireless network. "Within a mere three weeks, we have been able to activate over 1,700 APs in 28 buildings," said Bob Corbin, director of telecommunications and networking, Ohio State University Office of Information Technology.

ARUBA NETWORKS INSTALLS WORLD'S LARGEST WIRELESS LAN AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge company, today announced it has deployed its Mobile Edge solution at The Ohio State University in what is believed to be the world's largest wireless LAN to date. When the rollout is complete, the Aruba wireless network will cover Ohio State University's main campus-which comprises over 400 buildings and 25 million square feet, sitting on approximately 1,700 acres. The Aruba network will provide ubiquitous wireless access to the university's student population of over 50,000, in addition to over 27,000 faculty and staff. Ohio State has estimated that over 3,000 Access Points (APs) are required for minimal coverage-and up to 10,000 APs may be required for optimal coverage, along with over 40 mobility controllers distributed across their three core router points of presence (POPs).
Ohio State University is now in the first year of a five-year project to deploy the Aruba wireless network. "Within a mere three weeks, we have been able to activate over 1,700 APs in 28 buildings," said Bob Corbin, director of telecommunications and networking, Ohio State University Office of Information Technology.

Secure Wireless LAN Solution: Microsoft's Authentication Infrastructure with Aruba Networks' Mobile Edge

Deploying an enterprise-class secure wireless LAN with industry-leading security can be overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be. Experience a live on-line demo of Microsoft’s identity-based, policy-driven network authentication infrastructure built on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Together with Aruba Networks mobile edge, learn how to deploy a secure wireless LAN end-to-end by watching the experts configure the user interface step-by-step.
The power of this solution will be demonstrated as the experts enable the most common wireless LAN access scenarios through flexible access policies in both the Windows Server 2003 Internet Authentication Service (IAS) and the stateful firewall in the Aruba Networks' Mobility Controller. The demonstration will show how to configure secure, role-based access for trusted employees and short-term contractors using company-managed PCs and a guest using their personal PC. To validate the security of the solution, access rights for an untrusted "hacker" will be shown before configuring the solution for secure role-based access and then afterwards.
Microsoft and Aruba Networks professionals will be online to answer your questions in real-time.

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Secure Wireless LAN Solution: Microsoft's Authentication Infrastructure with Aruba Networks' Mobile Edge

Deploying an enterprise-class secure wireless LAN with industry-leading security can be overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be. Experience a live on-line demo of Microsoft’s identity-based, policy-driven network authentication infrastructure built on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Together with Aruba Networks mobile edge, learn how to deploy a secure wireless LAN end-to-end by watching the experts configure the user interface step-by-step.
The power of this solution will be demonstrated as the experts enable the most common wireless LAN access scenarios through flexible access policies in both the Windows Server 2003 Internet Authentication Service (IAS) and the stateful firewall in the Aruba Networks' Mobility Controller. The demonstration will show how to configure secure, role-based access for trusted employees and short-term contractors using company-managed PCs and a guest using their personal PC. To validate the security of the solution, access rights for an untrusted "hacker" will be shown before configuring the solution for secure role-based access and then afterwards.
Microsoft and Aruba Networks professionals will be online to answer your questions in real-time.

Featured Products:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Internet Authentication Service (IAS), Active Directory and Group Policy
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Aruba Networks Aruba 800 Mobility Controller and Aruba AP70 Access Point

Secure Wireless LAN Solution: Microsoft's Authentication Infrastructure with Aruba Networks' Mobile Edge

Deploying an enterprise-class secure wireless LAN with industry-leading security can be overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be. Experience a live on-line demo of Microsoft’s identity-based, policy-driven network authentication infrastructure built on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Together with Aruba Networks mobile edge, learn how to deploy a secure wireless LAN end-to-end by watching the experts configure the user interface step-by-step.
The power of this solution will be demonstrated as the experts enable the most common wireless LAN access scenarios through flexible access policies in both the Windows Server 2003 Internet Authentication Service (IAS) and the stateful firewall in the Aruba Networks' Mobility Controller. The demonstration will show how to configure secure, role-based access for trusted employees and short-term contractors using company-managed PCs and a guest using their personal PC. To validate the security of the solution, access rights for an untrusted "hacker" will be shown before configuring the solution for secure role-based access and then afterwards.
Microsoft and Aruba Networks professionals will be online to answer your questions in real-time.

Featured Products:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Internet Authentication Service (IAS), Active Directory and Group Policy
Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Aruba Networks Aruba 800 Mobility Controller and Aruba AP70 Access Point

Aruba Offers Open mobility platform for application development and integration

The mobile edge is a business-enabler. New mobile applications will create business opportunities and enhance existing ones, creating competitive advantages for users of the technology. Applications such as voice, location tracking, and sensor networks are the first purely mobile applications and more are being developed as mobile networks become more prevalent. In addition to mobile applications, new services are continually being developed for security, such as network-based spyware blocking, and convergence, such as fixed-mobile handoff and emergency call location tracking. The mobile edge must be flexible, extensible, and open to application development by best-of-breed vendors.

Aruba Offers Open mobility platform for application development and integration

The mobile edge is a business-enabler. New mobile applications will create business opportunities and enhance existing ones, creating competitive advantages for users of the technology. Applications such as voice, location tracking, and sensor networks are the first purely mobile applications and more are being developed as mobile networks become more prevalent. In addition to mobile applications, new services are continually being developed for security, such as network-based spyware blocking, and convergence, such as fixed-mobile handoff and emergency call location tracking. The mobile edge must be flexible, extensible, and open to application development by best-of-breed vendors.

Aruba Offers Open mobility platform for application development and integration

The mobile edge is a business-enabler. New mobile applications will create business opportunities and enhance existing ones, creating competitive advantages for users of the technology. Applications such as voice, location tracking, and sensor networks are the first purely mobile applications and more are being developed as mobile networks become more prevalent. In addition to mobile applications, new services are continually being developed for security, such as network-based spyware blocking, and convergence, such as fixed-mobile handoff and emergency call location tracking. The mobile edge must be flexible, extensible, and open to application development by best-of-breed vendors.

Aruba Gives Wireless LAN Switches More Options

Consolidation in the WLAN switching arena may mean fewer vendors to choose from, but more ways for users to secure, configure and manage their wireless LANs this year.

Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. later this month will announce updates to its WLAN switch line, along with two major customer wins, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and SAP America Inc., each of which is turning to WLANs for corporate and guest Internet access.

Due for release later this month is the Aruba AP70 Grid Point access point, which provides simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and features a choice of internal or external antennas. Key to the AP70 Grid Point is the inclusion of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, a feature Aruba officials said will appear on the company's future grid points.

Officials at WLAN market leader Cisco Systems Inc., in San Jose, Calif., said the company has no plans for USB expansion ports.

Planned service extensions for Aruba's USB ports in the coming year include a spectrum analyzer, Bluetooth detection, integration of third-generation cellular network technology, wireless backhaul capability for mesh networks, and smart cards from security companies such as RSA Security Inc. and ActivCard Inc.

Other possible USB extensions include the ability to upgrade to future radio protocols such as 802.11n and WiMax, officials said.

Aruba is also updating its WLAN switching software. Chief among the new features is the ability to create IP Security tunnels between switches and access points, even if the access point is in a remote location. Previous versions of the software used UDP (User Datagram Protocol) packets for control messages and GRE (General Routing Encapsulation) tunnels for user data transport.

In addition, the free software supports NAT (network address translation), which allows IPSec to work in the presence of devices without native IPSec support.

Aruba Gives Wireless LAN Switches More Options

Consolidation in the WLAN switching arena may mean fewer vendors to choose from, but more ways for users to secure, configure and manage their wireless LANs this year.

Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. later this month will announce updates to its WLAN switch line, along with two major customer wins, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and SAP America Inc., each of which is turning to WLANs for corporate and guest Internet access.

Due for release later this month is the Aruba AP70 Grid Point access point, which provides simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and features a choice of internal or external antennas. Key to the AP70 Grid Point is the inclusion of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, a feature Aruba officials said will appear on the company's future grid points.

Officials at WLAN market leader Cisco Systems Inc., in San Jose, Calif., said the company has no plans for USB expansion ports.

Planned service extensions for Aruba's USB ports in the coming year include a spectrum analyzer, Bluetooth detection, integration of third-generation cellular network technology, wireless backhaul capability for mesh networks, and smart cards from security companies such as RSA Security Inc. and ActivCard Inc.

Other possible USB extensions include the ability to upgrade to future radio protocols such as 802.11n and WiMax, officials said.

Aruba is also updating its WLAN switching software. Chief among the new features is the ability to create IP Security tunnels between switches and access points, even if the access point is in a remote location. Previous versions of the software used UDP (User Datagram Protocol) packets for control messages and GRE (General Routing Encapsulation) tunnels for user data transport.

In addition, the free software supports NAT (network address translation), which allows IPSec to work in the presence of devices without native IPSec support.

Aruba Gives Wireless LAN Switches More Options

Consolidation in the WLAN switching arena may mean fewer vendors to choose from, but more ways for users to secure, configure and manage their wireless LANs this year.

Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. later this month will announce updates to its WLAN switch line, along with two major customer wins, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas and SAP America Inc., each of which is turning to WLANs for corporate and guest Internet access.

Due for release later this month is the Aruba AP70 Grid Point access point, which provides simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g wireless connectivity and features a choice of internal or external antennas. Key to the AP70 Grid Point is the inclusion of a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, a feature Aruba officials said will appear on the company's future grid points.

Officials at WLAN market leader Cisco Systems Inc., in San Jose, Calif., said the company has no plans for USB expansion ports.

Planned service extensions for Aruba's USB ports in the coming year include a spectrum analyzer, Bluetooth detection, integration of third-generation cellular network technology, wireless backhaul capability for mesh networks, and smart cards from security companies such as RSA Security Inc. and ActivCard Inc.

Other possible USB extensions include the ability to upgrade to future radio protocols such as 802.11n and WiMax, officials said.

Aruba is also updating its WLAN switching software. Chief among the new features is the ability to create IP Security tunnels between switches and access points, even if the access point is in a remote location. Previous versions of the software used UDP (User Datagram Protocol) packets for control messages and GRE (General Routing Encapsulation) tunnels for user data transport.

In addition, the free software supports NAT (network address translation), which allows IPSec to work in the presence of devices without native IPSec support.

Johnson & Wales University Switches to Aruba Wireless Solution for Integrated Security and Flexibility

Johnson & Wales (J&W) - America's Career University - was founded in 1914. The IT department of J&W faced serious challenges in its wireless system. After deploying more than 100 conventional 802.11b access points (APs) across its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island, the IT department found the total cost of ownership of this system was higher than expected and management was anything but easy. To solve these problems and take advantage of the opportunities provided by this technology, J&W chose Aruba's Wi-Fi switching system.

Johnson & Wales University Switches to Aruba Wireless Solution for Integrated Security and Flexibility

Johnson & Wales (J&W) - America's Career University - was founded in 1914. The IT department of J&W faced serious challenges in its wireless system. After deploying more than 100 conventional 802.11b access points (APs) across its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island, the IT department found the total cost of ownership of this system was higher than expected and management was anything but easy. To solve these problems and take advantage of the opportunities provided by this technology, J&W chose Aruba's Wi-Fi switching system.

Johnson & Wales University Switches to Aruba Wireless Solution for Integrated Security and Flexibility

Johnson & Wales (J&W) - America's Career University - was founded in 1914. The IT department of J&W faced serious challenges in its wireless system. After deploying more than 100 conventional 802.11b access points (APs) across its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island, the IT department found the total cost of ownership of this system was higher than expected and management was anything but easy. To solve these problems and take advantage of the opportunities provided by this technology, J&W chose Aruba's Wi-Fi switching system.