University of Florida rolls out wireless gateways for secure network access, control.(Applications)

T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), March, 2004

How can network administrators provide secure wireless access to a vast user population scattered over a large area while keeping costs and complexity in check? This is a problem many university administrators and technology coordinators face, including those at the University of Florida, which has wireless networking deployment headaches that most enterprise network administrators will never have to face--starting with its size.

The University of Florida's main campus in Gainesville houses about 900 buildings spread across more than 2,000 acres. Last fall, there were more than 48,000 students supported by nearly 12,000 faculty and staff. And according to Matt Grover, the university's senior network engineer, the University of Florida had more than 20,000...

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