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How To Deploy A Wireless Network In Your School

3/27/2013 6:28:28 PM

A few short years ago, wireless was simply a convenience feature to provide connectivity on campuses for students and teachers. But now, with the advent of 1:1 and BYOD device strategies, wireless has moved from being just a convenience into being the true primary access layer for network connectivity.

The predicament

The mobility phenomenon is truly one of the drivers of technology today. A few short years ago, wireless was simply a convenience feature to provide connectivity on campuses for students who wanted to sit outside while writing their term paper. Now, with the advent of all these wireless devices, the requirement for mobility and wireless in motion, and the lack of physical Ethernet ports on these devices, wireless has moved from being just a convenience into being the true primary access layer for network connectivity.

How To Deploy A Wireless Network In Your School

How To Deploy A Wireless Network In Your School

As we prepare for this onslaught of wireless mobility in schools, IT administrators are faced with more challenges than ever before: How much bandwidth is enough? What types of devices might show up? Today we hear that 72% of personal devices are Apple devices – but what about next year? How can an IT administrator prepare for an unknown set of devices, with unknown bandwidth and connectivity requirements, using only the same number of resources, and still rest assured that he can confidently say his network is secure, high performance, and ready for the next wave of new technology especially gigabit Wi-Fi?

This is the BYOD predicament. Efforts to allow students, teachers, administrators, and even the general public to bring their own devices into schools to improve productivity and mobility are countered by the worry that devices may not be secure, that workers may be distracted by applications rather than using the devices for work activities, and above all, that they place an overwhelming burden on the limited IT staff for supporting and troubleshooting these unmanaged devices.

Today we hear that 72% of personal devices are Apple devices – but what about next year?

Today we hear that 72% of personal devices are Apple devices but what about next year?

The solution

Primary and secondary schools now require wireless networks to fully realize the benefits of connectivity in the classroom and make the most of ɪ:ɪ laptop programs. However, not all wireless networks are created equal. The right wireless network must be easy to use and manage, to avoid the need for teachers to become networking experts. It should provide classroom-ready features that add to the educational experience instead of detracting from it. It should enable centralized reporting, so cost/benefits analysis can be performed at the administrative level. And the wireless network must be affordable and scalable throughout buildings, campuses and districts, so connectivity is ensured where required.

The StudentManager application simplifies the process of bringing wireless devices into the classroom

The StudentManager application simplifies the process of bringing wireless devices into the classroom

Aerohive Student Manager and Teacher View products are essential to this solution. The Student Manager application simplifies the process of bringing wireless devices into the classroom. The product integrates with Pearson PowerSchool, which allows for automated configuration of student rosters, classes, and teachers. For teachers, Student Manager’s Teacher View enables computer carts to be specified by class and allows teachers to create lesson plans that include websites and internal resources.

Both Student Manager and Teacher View leverage Aerohive’s access points in the classroom, and are coordinated on the back end via management functionality in Hive Manager. These applications are completely device/OS-independent, making it easier to integrate this functionality across a variety of wireless devices.

Front office

The Aerohive system is specifically designed to recognize virtual desktop environments and allows districts to enforce usage policies even when the user identity is authorized to use the device. This means the network actually recognizes the device type, prioritizes the VDI application running on that device, and routes the traffic to the appropriate server, allowing even a wireless network that is loaded with traffic to reliably deliver mission critical applications to the device running the virtual desktop environment whether that be assessment data, students records, or other highly-sensitive back-end district applications privy only to certain faculty and administration. While the administrator’s device is capable of running other applications, the corporate usage policy states that these devices will only access the VDI server and/or specific SaaS applications on the Internet. Aerohive’s infrastructure checks the identity of the user upon login and enforces this usage policy on the specified device.

Classrooms

The same system that allows guests’ devices to connect securely to the wireless network and to the Internet also effortlessly integrates with existing district authentication services. Once a user’s identity is understood and authorized, the Aerohive system identifies the type of device in use and automatically enforces the district use policies in place. For example, if a user is authorized to access all the applications from his laptop, but the corporate use policy states that iPhones may only access email, then this usage policy will be enforced on that user’s device.

The same system that allows guests’ devices to connect securely to the wireless network and to the Internet also effortlessly integrates with existing district authentication services.

The same system that allows guests’ devices to connect securely to the wireless network and to the Internet also effortlessly integrates with existing district authentication services.

Guests access

With an Aerohive system, every wireless client is secure, whether it be a parent attending a PTA meeting in the cafeteria, a student-owned device in use during recess, or a guest lecture wanting to share a video from the Internet on their laptop. To make this possible, Aerohive has developed what they call Private Pre-Shared Key (PPSK) security. This allows registered guests to receive the same encryption levels that authorized employees have, without requiring complicated configurations to back-end systems. Once a guest registers on the Aerohive guest portal, device communication is encrypted and safe.

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