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TeacherNetPrince Street School Wireless Pilot Project
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Rationale
• High cost of “network drops” for Ooka Island project prompted a conversation.
• IT Shared Services is planning for wireless infrastructure, but not in the short-term.
• Premier Ghiz says innovate through creativity and thrift.
Infrastructure
• Open Mesh OM2P
• $75.00 each
• Cloud-managed
• Easy to install
Bandwidth
• Bell Aliant offers 6 months of FiberOP.
• Donates services and installation.
• 20 Mbps of bandwidth.
Permission“IT Shared Services will be the sole provider of design, specification, installation, operation, maintenance, and management services for all wireless infrastructure devices which are owned and operated by the Government and which reside on the Government’s data communication network.”
– IT Shares Services Policy ITSS-POL-001
Exception
• Granted March 21, 2012
• Eastern School District
• Department of Education
• IT Shared Services
Exception Details• ITSS won’t maintain the network.
• ITSS won’t support the network.
• For use by educators only.
• Access controlled by voucher.
• No interconnection to wired network.
Planning
• Obtained a map of school.
• Consulted with principal and educators.
• Developed a plan for siting the wireless routers.
Second Floor
First Floor
ToolsCable PusherWire Snips
Ethernet CrimperLadders
Ethernet Cable Ends
1000’ of Cat5e Cable
$164
7 OM2P Access Points
On Loan from Ken WilliamsDonated
Installing• Drop ceiling
allows cables to route between rooms.
• Classrooms with LCD projectors have a plug already installed.
Site Tour
Second Floor
First Floor
7 Access Points
LocationsMarkedon Ceiling
User Login
Content Filtering• Exception required filtering, even though
network only for teacher user.
• Using “OpenDNS Family Shield” during the pilot.
• No cost.
• Simply change of DNS server in router.
Analyzing Coverage
• Used the free NetSpot app for OS X to walk to a wireless signal survey.
• Green means “strong” and red means “weak”.
Analyzing Bandwidth
• Used the free Speedtest.net site to measure throughput.
• 20 Mbps down and4.9 Mbps up on average.
Costs
Out of pocket costs to Prince Street Home and School were $164.
User Support
• School office manages vouchers.
• [email protected] Email
• @TeacherNetPEI on Twitter
• A single OM2P node has needed to be replaced so far.
Usage2 Hours
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
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