UniFi wireless in a campus environment
Csillag Tamás
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Griffith College Dublin
The management of wireless networks in on a third-level educational campus size is a serious task and budget item for IT professionals. The two main distinguishing properties of the UniFi wireless system are the PC-based controller and the cost-effective hardware.
The topics of the presentation include:
- operating systems and installation (Windows, Linux, OSX),
- virtualization and cloud-based solutions,
- high availability with virtualization,
- management of the system: user management, statistics, maps, automatic updates, blacklist,
- security and authentication features supported by the system: WPA2 Enterprise, guest portal, hotspot, ebtables firewall for simple networks,
- access point hardware: 2.4GHz b/g/n models, 5GHz models, AC models, POE options,
- outdoor applications: outdoor hardware and mesh options,
- case studies: Griffith College Dublin main campus, Tara Street campus, Saint Nicholas Montessori College Ireland campus.