Akron wi-fi network...will it last?

[ZippyRulz]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/akron-o...bly-fail-withi/Can we take our laptops into the new stadium for live gametime chat on ZN ?

[zen]

Why the failure and doom?I don't understand.Once the infrastructure is in place, the primary expense is bandwidth.

[g-mann17]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/akron-o...bly-fail-withi/Can we take our laptops into the new stadium for live gametime chat on ZN ?

Well isn't the campus fully wi-fi already? and won't the stadium be on campus?

[ZippyRulz]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/akron-o...bly-fail-withi/Can we take our laptops into the new stadium for live gametime chat on ZN ?

Well isn't the campus fully wi-fi already? and won't the stadium be on campus?

The campus network is only available to current students & staff. I assume the downtown network would be open to the public and reach to the stadium. I'm sure they won't allow any hard metal objects larger than a cell phone to be taken in though.

[KNCLZip]

The June 19 UA Email Digest mentions that the visitor wireless would be getting a new server and name. Many didn't know that there was guest wireless! I don't think I did!Of course, the wireless is useless in my office and the whole corner of my building (KNCL). It's too weak to get a useful signal--a colleague sometimes sits in the hall to get a signal!Whether laptops would be allowed in the stadium is interesting. I'd imagine that they would be cool to that.

[Blue & Gold]

I can't see them keeping loge owners from brining in their laptops. They may object to me having my laptop in the lowly General Admission section though!

[Zipsrifle]

Well, if everyone brought their laptops, we could put a new spin on an old standby. Instead of flipping over cards, we could all hold up our laptops and make a HUGE screen.

[UADavid]

Well, if everyone brought their laptops, we could put a new spin on an old standby. Instead of flipping over cards, we could all hold up our laptops and make a HUGE screen.

http://www.ohio.com/news/48584342.html

[MaxZIP]

I am not sure how many of us not in a suite can use the internet at the park and keep it family friendly. Plus the people in the suites need it to check the latest stock reports for the afterhours markets.

[tbozeglav]

To answer some questions here...Will there be University wireless in the stadium? YesWill the network be available to all users? Probably notSince there will be classrooms in the stadium, they will be installing wireless network devices throughout and Tsunami (UA's Student/faculty wireless network) will be available.I pretty much expect the University to operate different networks in the stadium based on their use. Media related network usage will probably get their own network, Club/suites may get their own network, and perhaps they may operate the University's public network in the same building. However, as far as the media goes, they may operate all the Media's internet connections through wired access so that the network is easier to manage and limit access to.As far as the city's free wireless... Seeing how the article points out UA put money towards the initiative since the project covers the campus, I don't see this as dooming UA's network. UA will always have their own wireless because you cannot let a school run on a wireless network operated by an outside company and on a network thats publicly available to anyone with a laptop and wireless card and not run into major network security issues.