ICTteach

Thank you for your detailed response. It is very useful. Are there any alternatives to roaming profiles on wireless? Would having more access points improve the situation? I will investigate the local profile route with my network engineers. Thanks again ICTteach

Thanks for your input and advice

Thanks - i will do this Monday

I think they are 100mb. So basically have it so the profiles are standardised and the pupils cannot store information on them. Is that correct Thanks for the help ICTteach

Thanks for this - I will look at profile size when get into school on Monday. I think there is a problem with this as it would suggest that as 440 pupils all have individual profiles with their own documents this may cause a problem? Is that normal? Who installed your Ruckus solution? THanks

Literally have just started ICT audit at school. Wired network seems quick and has no direct connection problems. Wifi consists of 12 PoE Access points located at different positions around the school, controlled by wireless controller. Laptop in the evening - have no idea - but will try on Monday. Not a network engineer, so only know basics. I'm assuming they are all broadcasting from same SSID. I was thinking of carrying out a wireless heat map of the school. Do you know any companies that can do this? Thanks

Hi, First time user of edugeek - would really appreciate any help and advice. My new school has a wireless solution in place which has 12 AP's and is controlled by a wireless controller (thinking netgear). The school is an old three storey double sided victorian building. The school has 60 netbooks and 30 laptops all accessing the wireless network at different times during the day. The server is running Microsoft Server 2003 and the server is approximately 6 -7 years old. The pupils/staff log onto the the network via roaming profiles and all have individual log ons. The school is located in London and has recently switched from synetrix broadband services to VMB services via LGFL 2.0 connection. The problems: Classes of children can take up to 20 minutes to access the network. This is far from ideal when you are teaching as you want instantaneous access. Staff members have long waits before logging on via netbooks/laptops What can be done to improve the time take for pupils logging on to network via wireless device? How can the signal strength be improved across the school? What reliable companies geared at providing wireless solutions can do carry out this work? Thank you ICTteach