Setting up a wireless network by EUN Partnership aisbl

Well, we don't have a Wifi network yet!

imogen1 — 2016-12-05 08:27:06 UTC

I'm doing the course to help me specify the system. My own experience of using tunnelled Wifi at work and at a local university is it can be quite slow, and that the requirement for devices to be brought in for authentication means you need both a general public network and an academic network (eg as Hermann points out, for security with logins for exams.)

Kristina, Croatia

kristina_krtalic — 2016-12-05 08:28:22 UTC

We have the same wifi network in one part of the school. Every teacher has password for wifi.

Marilena, Italy

marilena_baci33 — 2016-12-05 08:50:12 UTC

We too have different AP in the school, located one for each floor of the buildings. In each floor there are from two to five classrooms. The access requires an authentication with password, as in Hermann's school, but I like the fact that each time you go away from school the authentication is deleted from the devices, this is a further security guarantee.

Duda, Montenegro

2016-12-05 09:37:39 UTC

We have the same wifi network in one floor of the school (The school has 3 floors).

Victoria. Spain.

vacasvictoria — 2016-12-05 09:42:04 UTC

We have wifi network but they are different and they are situated on the wall. Some Computers transmit wifi to the classrooms, but we have problems with the tablets, because they are not able to work at the same time. We try to take wifi of different ways, but we follow having problems.

Peter, Ireland

pjbarry — 2016-12-05 10:08:45 UTC

Great presentation, great device, I wonder how much that Motorola device costs and how many of them are in the school? Whats the scalability? Whats the ratio of user to spider device?
In my school we have some basic design issues , not just on the network but within the user management system. We do not have individual accounts for students. Rather we have a generic user name for all student which will give access to any of the student used devices. We do not have BYOD at present. This means that our active directory cannot identify what student is logged on at any given time. To grant WIFI access to our students we would place an Access Point in a general area with a seperate SSID allowing access to schools broadband which is filtered. WIFI access in the classroom for students is still a bit away.

Ioanna

2016-12-05 10:13:34 UTC

Great device and the best news is the independency of the access point. In our school we have an access point and some extenders in order to have internet everywhere

Jarle Osmund Vågen, Norway

2016-12-05 10:25:40 UTC

Thank you for the presentation!

At our school we run a very similar setup, AP's with radius. It's not designed nor implemented by school resources. It's done centrally in our county with help from external companies. The advantages is that access to the network is granted by username&password (AD), and access to different resources can be controlled on user or group level. The disadvantages is price, Both design, implementation and maintenance is costly, and require the money-people to budget for it, each year. The can also be annual subscription fees for the software and services.

Francesca, Italy

francesca_lombardi1973 — 2016-12-05 10:28:21 UTC

Finding what’s right in a wifi school can be a great challenge. Ensuring optimum performance on a minimal budget requires a good understanding of the behavior of the applications running over the network and how to supply applications consistently, reliably and securely. Personally I’m not so ready because I haven’t yet a strong confidence level in this area.

My only suggestion is that school districts should evaluate very well client devices for instructional fit as well as Wi-Fi capabilities.

I think installing numerous access points around the school to ensure strong and reliable coverage it’s a good idea of course, but this can be a very expensive solution, especially when the school area is vast…

Alessandra, Italy

alessandra_marini1 — 2016-12-05 10:33:57 UTC

In my school we've got similar access points, on each floor, which provide wi-fi connection used above all for the teachers' register

Daniela, Croatia

2016-12-05 11:51:05 UTC

Thank you for the presentation!
My school does not have wireless network. All classrooms are connected by a wire. The school is connected with CARNet (Croatian Academic and Research Network) that allows its members a permanent connection to the Internet.
My personal experience in the planning of wireless networks is very little. The next step is setting up a wireless network and connect to eduroam service. The first challenge is to find the best device that meets the criteria for the establishment of eduroam services at the same time that the acceptable price.

Elisabetta, Italy

e_pignatelli — 2016-12-05 12:00:59 UTC

In my school we have different access points: fixed ones and wireless.

Ida, Italy

DT22 — 2016-12-05 12:08:30 UTC

In my school we have LAN and WLAN network, it works very well. Teachers and students use LIM, laptop and tablet (also their own device). Many schools in my region are organized in the same way because they gain public financing oriented to the internet access.

Marianthi Arvanitidou - Greece

1canislupus22 — 2016-12-05 12:22:31 UTC

I use my own connection

Georgios, Rhodes, GR.

2016-12-05 12:41:09 UTC

Usually, in greek schools there is a Wifi AP (e.g. Router) and some wifi extenders or via cabling we try to reach it as further as we can so that the wifi to cover the most possible area. This is due to low cost. :)..due to low budget.
Can Mr. Hermann Morgenbesser provide us more info about their school wifi technologies engaged in their school (e.g. e-Manuals) for Motorola wifi system? Thank you.

Frederiek, Belgium

frederiek_berthier — 2016-12-05 13:01:18 UTC

Our wifi network differs from the one presented, as our APs support roaming. So it does not really matter to calculate the prefect location of an AP. The APs discuss among themselves the radio which they transmit, and the users don't really know which AP the use as they move through school. It is also different because our students don't have permanent access to the wifi (yet). We use Ubiquity as our AP's. https://www.ubnt.com/

Milena

2016-12-05 13:29:38 UTC

We don't have wifi system in our school yet...

betta_giannossi — 2016-12-05 13:39:33 UTC

We have LAN and WLAN network.. Teachers and students use the devices. My school organized in the same way because they gain public financing oriented to the internet access.

VOICU POPESCU CORINA ROMANIA

2016-12-05 13:46:52 UTC

In my school we have different access points: fixed ones and wireless.

Natalija, Serbia

2016-12-05 14:31:09 UTC

We too have different AP in the school, located one for each floor of the buildings. The access requires an authentication with password.

Patrizia - Italy

2016-12-05 14:35:39 UTC

In my school we use LAN and WLAN network. IWB and computer for teachers and students are connected to Internet via LAN. It works well.

Domenico, Italy

2016-12-05 14:36:03 UTC

In my school we a wireless system. Every teacher has the password for internet.

Emiliana, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2016-12-05 15:08:59 UTC

We have wifi in our school, but it is linked to a municipal contract. So we actually cannot control it. If there are problems we have to wait the Municipal office to solve them. We need a school contract to access internet and I am working about it, it's a financial problem.

Arminda Pereira, Portugal

armindapereira1 — 2016-12-05 15:11:34 UTC

In my school we have different access points: fixed ones and wireless. Every teacher has the password for internet.

Rosa/Italy

rosadilonardo — 2016-12-05 15:16:51 UTC

I teach in a secondary school in Basilicata that is a region in South of Italy. In my school there is a broadband connection and we have different access points : fixed ones and wireless on wifi.

Nikoudis Nikolaos/Greece

nikos_2803 — 2016-12-05 15:49:11 UTC

Every teacher has the password for internet.

Ken W - UK

2016-12-05 15:58:59 UTC

We have a centrally managed system (fortinet) which is accessed by a user with their username and password (students are given access by AD group membership, staff are given access by NPS) - added to that, it is certificate based.

Our wireless system is 802.11n on both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency.

Do I recommend Fortinet, yes - to a point. We are moving over to a Ruckus based system for expandability (as we have reached the limit of access points) as well as system administration ease.

Robert, Belgium

2016-12-05 16:08:30 UTC

We are using Ruckus AP's and they allow us to manage all the SSID's. Students have access to the wireless internet with limited speed and their own SSID. Students can login via a special webpage and using a username and password. Teachers can use a faster SSID. They only need a secure password and the device is connected automatically.

Bijan, Bangladesh

bijanc — 2016-12-05 16:20:56 UTC

In my area, few urban schools are getting broadband internet connection and WiFi facility. This facility using only teachers for their content development and study. But teachers of rural area they are using internet modem personally.

Jan, Belgium

2016-12-05 16:28:04 UTC

In the primary schools I work for, we are not allowed to put up permanent WIFI. This is because of city regulations inspired by a principle of prudence regarding the possibly dangerous effect of radiation from WIFI-accesspoints on our (youngest) children. The use of stand-alone pluggable accesspoints is allowed only when there is a need for it e.g. a project with tablets or use of notebooks during classes. These AP's are manualy configured routers that bridge the WIFI network to our LAN
Exeption is one or two fixed AP's in area's for teachers or conference rooms. There we use Ruckus AP's.

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2016-12-05 16:38:21 UTC

In my school, teachers use the same password so that they can be connected.

Milan / CZ

mtal — 2016-12-05 17:04:04 UTC

We use some time now MikroTik's APs & free radius authentication software on MS WinServer.
Virtual LAN's are divided for student's and school's devices. Student's VLAN has MAC filtering, each student has own login. School devices on different VLAN have one common password which inputs and knows only administrator.
We are thinking about more throughput and APs with better common administration.

Silvana Romio, Italy

silvana_romio — 2016-12-05 17:26:59 UTC

We have a good WIFI connection guaranteed by several APs (dial band Poe) all around the school building. The number of these APs was increased during last summer thanks to a national project we applied for and we got the founding. The access is possible only through a password that is given only to the teachers; students can connect to the WIFI only after the Principal authorization. For easy problems we have our IT person but an external company ensures the good performance of the connection.

Grazia, Italy

2016-12-05 17:47:28 UTC

This year thanks to a FESR in my school improved the WI-LAN.
Now every teacher use a password to access to the wifi that is controlled by a Service RADIUS.

Josep, Catalonia

josep_garriga — 2016-12-05 19:02:18 UTC

We use Unifi APs by Ubiquity. Centralized management and automatic configuration of devices. Allows for monitoring and alarm set, and seamless scalability. Great solution, been using it for about two years now.

gligomat

2016-12-05 19:04:24 UTC

In my school we have a good internet connection through wifi, made possible through the approval of a national project. Us teachers we havethe password and network maintenance is entrusted to a technician

M. Glòria Solà,Catalunya

msola127 — 2016-12-05 19:08:13 UTC

At my school we have a wireless network of 14 antennas distributed throughout the building. Covers the whole school and works well but there can be a massive connection. If you are connected to many students was slow

Yvonne, Dublin

YvonneSCSS — 2016-12-05 19:27:50 UTC

My school is a small special school. There are 6 access points in our school for 12 classrooms. Students must hand up their phones at the beginning of the school day.The students can access the Internet on school devices.
We use an outside technician to maintain our system. Our WiFi used to be good a few years ago but it is no longer fit for purpose.We hope to have it upgraded soon. An outside company will do the upgrading.

Donatella, Italy

dony_col — 2016-12-05 19:30:07 UTC

In my school teachers use a password to access to the wifi. Wifi network has been installed by an external firm selected by the municipality. If there are problems we have to wait the Municipal Office to solve them. Password management depends on the outside firm and this is a big problem.

Flavia, Italy

2016-12-05 20:37:49 UTC

We have a good LAN network for our IWBs laptops (one in each classroom) and for the computers in our lab. We have an access point for our tabcabby with tablets, but we switch it on only for some projects when working with the tablets.

Fernando Coelho, Portugal

fernando_coelho — 2016-12-05 20:40:30 UTC

Like i said in previous post, in Portugal, the network at schools is impleted and controlled by the ministry of Education. It's a program called PTE.
Our network at school is very good. Regarding the Wireless network, all school is equipped with Cisco access point model 1242AG Aironet. It is a business grade equipment.
the Cisco Aironet 1240AG Series extends the security, scalability, reliability, ease of deployment, and manageability available in wired networks to the wireless LAN. They act in conjunction with Cisco wireless LAN controller 4400 series. They run under radius protocol with 802.1x authentication. Every user has to authenticate to receive a specific VLAN network, where they gain access to specific services.
So regarding the wireless point of view, i think there isn't much more to grow.

Ivan, Ireland

2016-12-05 21:22:28 UTC

We do have WiFi access points in various locations around the school. Not quite as 'spider' like but certainly 2 antenna. The PE hall interesting was not initially equipped in first roll out of locations. The WiFi does currently cope with demands, however students as of yet do not have passphrase to connect. LinkSys is the current provider and will service when needed

Fran, Spain

francasalf — 2016-12-05 21:33:09 UTC

In our school we don't have WAN. We have a LAN and an internet connectionwhich can be acessed by wired plugs and by wifi. There are 7 access points that generates different networks (with different SSIDs and passwords, except one that is open to all the people at school), and a PLC in one of the small buildings.
The connection is fast ... with the actual demands; if the number of devices connected increases, or the traffic gets higher (for example, deploying a BYOD approach), probably the dificulties arrive.

Thanassis, Greece

afloros — 2016-12-05 21:47:12 UTC

In my school we use our router to have WiFi. We use it only in the computer lab and after the lesson we turn it off.

Kondylo Glarou/Greece

seagullitsa — 2016-12-05 21:49:06 UTC

In my school teachers use a password to have access to the wifi. There is no wifi in the classrooms. We are connected only if we are in the computer lab or in the teachers ‘office. We don’t share wifi password with the students.

Angiolino Chiappetta, Italy

2016-12-05 22:19:37 UTC

This year our school has become wireless, teachers have a password but students don't yet. It works with our traditional connection but we are waiting for optical fibre connection because the present service is slow when many pcs are simultaneously online while using the e-register and digital books on IWBs during the lessons

WE back up with wireless router as what's in place is not sufficient to cover all- can someone explain spider router- are they in use in many schools in Ireland?

2016-12-05 22:35:00 UTC

Declan, Ireland

declan_p_donnel — 2016-12-05 22:50:26 UTC

We use a managed wireless system throughout the school by Ubiquiti. It operates on 2.4 and 5Ghz. Once it is set up it has a good cloud based interface which manages the system. You can set up guest networks with limited bandwidth etc.. We only allow BYOD at certain times and it seems to cope with the different devices.

Onelio, Italy

2016-12-05 23:00:43 UTC

with my students in the Telecommunication and Networking lab of my school last year we have tested in two student's projects an access point Cisco Meraki MR26 , a very interesting access point because it is Cloud Managed and integrates many features for a complete control of users and applications, because it integrates function like: authentication via internal Radius Server, SMS authentication, Firewall & traffic shaping, content filtering, application monitoring, ecc.
For details:
https://meraki.cisco.com/products/wireless

Ivancica, Croatia

ivancica_sabadin — 2016-12-06 05:52:25 UTC

I really liked this video and presented device. Unfortunately, in my school we don't have wi-fi network. The presented way is very good, RADIUS is mandatory for wireless network in school. In my opinion, the main issue is security, not speed.

Jenny, Slovenia

denip — 2016-12-06 08:04:04 UTC

I like the video and the solution used in Herman-s school is optimal. In our school we use Cisco AP. We have 12 AP, because we are quite big school, 4 in each flor. The wifi is protect by strong password we change every 3 months. and the SSID is hidden. Student's are not allowed to use wifi for their own, because our school policy not permited using phones in school.

Alexandros, Greece

ale3andro — 2016-12-06 09:29:35 UTC

That's an elaborate setup! In my school we use some typical ADSL routers setup as Access Points. There is no wifi coverage in all areas of the school. Only teachers have the password for the wifi.

Tim Gayton - Sweden

timgayton — 2016-12-06 11:05:21 UTC

We have a relatively simple wifi setup with Ubiquiti - 2.4 & 5 GHz.

simple password access.
several access points.
some deadish spots.

Maurizio, Italy

2016-12-06 11:39:19 UTC

In my school we have many waysfor our wifi network. How do you ensure your wifi is fast and copes with demand? What products do you recommend, e.g. Access Points?

Pantelis Aravogliadis, Kimolos Geece

2016-12-06 13:46:31 UTC

In my school we have an Acess Point that enables connections only on the specified mac addresses registered on the AP. This architecture is provided centrally by the Minister of Education and we have not seek for other maybe better solutions.

Maria Chiara - Italy

menone2003 — 2016-12-06 14:35:05 UTC

In my school we have just one router and a wi-fi amplifier that lead the signal into the classrooms.

emma giurlani

egiurlani — 2016-12-06 14:54:25 UTC

As I said in a previous padlet I'm new to my school but I think we have several solutions with access points which guarantee different access for different addresses and specified uses. As I said students have a password to access the internet connection but they can use it only at school. we also have a different password with the domain of ministry of education for my region and we can use it also when we are not in the school to access the google classroom . I found the video above very interesting for the kind of solution but I think even using BYOD the biggest challenge is to guarantee a good internet connection when so many persons as there are in my school try to be connected at the same time

Clara Elizabeth Báez- Italy

2016-12-06 15:02:13 UTC

At school teachers have password to use wireless, but students not. We can go to the lab in use there the pc or in every class we have Interactive witheboard connect with wireless and we use it everyday to didactic purporse. I use BYOD to work everyday or when it is possible.

Ksenija

2016-12-06 16:04:48 UTC

We are using Eduroam connectivity. Each student and employee gets username and password

Florian

flobru — 2016-12-06 17:00:49 UTC

I found the information about the radio service very helpful.
We do use Cisco APs. I would wonder how many devices can be connected to one of these "spiders" Herman was presenting.
The VPN is also very helpful if you want to guarantee that teachers can reach the servers in school from home.

Arūnas, Lithuania

arunas_pranaitis — 2016-12-06 17:30:30 UTC

We are using Eduroam connectivity. Each student and teacher gets username and password. They uses differnet subnets. We use Ubiquiti UniFi® AP and UniFi® AP-LR devices.

Don Ireland

donoshea — 2016-12-06 18:24:30 UTC

We also use a Ubiquiti - 2.4 & 5 GHz.which is cloud controlled. It is very flexible as you can throttle bandwidth per AP or User. It also allows multiple SSID

Koen, Belgium

themaser — 2016-12-06 18:29:38 UTC

One of my schools is using Ruckus Wireless (+- 25 AP's on 3 locations). They are all managed from one Cloud environment. It allows multiple SSID, sheduled avaibility. Every student has his own Personal PreShared Key (PPSK). Once registerd, the key is connected to the MAC-address of that client.
The second school I'm working, we are making a new studie about whats on the market (Ruckus, HPe Aruba, Aerohive, ...).

Preeti, Sweden

preetivij — 2016-12-06 19:19:35 UTC

Our school use a Ubiquiti-2.4 & 5 GHz and is also cloud controlled.Teachers, administrators and students have separate network .

Nehir ÇABUKER

nehircabuker — 2016-12-06 20:53:36 UTC

We have only one modem and connection in my school so we use the same one for connecting. It s supported my the Ministry.

Alessandro Ruffino / Italy

2016-12-06 20:54:36 UTC

Interesting video and nice solutions in Hermann's school. In my school we have several access point to bring wifi in different parts of school. Access to wifi is protected by password and students cannot connect because it is not allowed to use smartphone at school.

Ana, Spain

deptecinfo — 2016-12-06 21:56:13 UTC

Very interesting video, but I am not quite sure to understand properly everything. For example, the idea of tunnelling is very interesting, but I don't know exactly how they achieve that, Hermann talks about VPN. Would it be possible in my school WIFI? I'll have to research it.
We have 9 Access Point from Ubiquity AP-LR. Netbooks and some computers connect to WIFI using a password, and I control users of the WIFI by means of the software of Ubiquity that allows to manage the 9 points as an unit, with the same password, access control, etc.... I can block unexpected users, as mobile phones. As well, if I blocked a teacher device, I can unblock it easily.

Toby Oyugi

2016-12-06 21:58:42 UTC

Use of timed login for students and subneting the network has ensured there is equity in access to the resource

Gorky Angeles Villalba / Lima-Perú

2016-12-07 02:12:22 UTC

In the high school where I work, we do not have a wireless network installed. But we are working on a project to design a wireless network, to better connect and expand the network.

Mixed scheme

2016-12-07 10:43:58 UTC

We've got some old AP mixed with some newer TPLINK, a matter of budget. They're managed individually, so it needs some extra time to get all of them correctly configured. We use WPA2 encription system .

Anna C. Italy

ciaramellaanna — 2016-12-07 11:50:06 UTC

The video is interesting, unfortunately, I can not answer the question "In what ways is your wifi network the same or different from Hermann's?" Because, as I wrote in a previous Padlet, we teachers are not trained and informed as it has been structured network of our school. I can only say that the wife network is slow and does not cover all areas of my school.

Ispir Iuliana-Florentina, Romania

2016-12-07 16:04:29 UTC

Kindergarten does not have a wireless router system. I have but one home, where they use very easily.

2016-12-07 16:14:03 UTC

We have wifi connection but students are not allowed to use it.

Aniko, Slovakia

bibe_28 — 2016-12-07 16:20:59 UTC

We don't have a wifi connection in our school. But to bo honest, this video didn't tell me much about setting it up by our own.

Francesca B, Italy

f_borrelli1 — 2016-12-07 16:25:44 UTC

Interesting video. I like very much the solutions in Hermann's school. In my school we have a wifi connection but only teachers have the password for the wifi.

Pepe López, España

njlopezg — 2016-12-07 17:04:05 UTC

I think in my school we use a system similar to Hermann's system. We can access to wifi network from every parts of the school. This access is protected by password. When students need to connect their laptops or mobile devices, teachers provide them the password. If we have some problem with the wifi connection, we usually handle the problems of connection, we don't need a external service.

Antonio-Italy

2016-12-07 17:24:11 UTC

As I wrote last week, we are completing our wi-fi infrastuctures in all buildings. So, I like Hermann's solution: they are using professional and good appliances and, most important, a complete control on every servers implemented

Luís Figueiredo, Portugal

2016-12-07 20:03:49 UTC

Im my school, the wi-fi access it was implemented by an external company, paied by the government. The wi-fi is managed by a server, where are all the users. When someone needs to connect, they need a valid user and password created by me. All the access points are managed by the external company, and the school don't have access to the equipment.

Trevor, Ireland

2016-12-07 20:04:34 UTC

We do not yet have a wireless network- we will look to get an outside company to set it up and train us in managing the system.

Rickie ,Ireland

2016-12-07 20:44:31 UTC

We an external It company to set a wifi infrastructure in our school . It was set up using mac filtering so it is not possible to access the system without their device being added by me.

Lucia, Italy

2016-12-07 20:47:55 UTC

In my previous posts I described the situation in the main premises of our school. There is a secondary building which is about a km away: it is a very old, four-storey building with an amount of stone in the masonry which makes it difficult - I was said - for the wifi signal to go through walls and reach every corner. It must be true, because connecting can be hard in some classrooms.
There is a combination of LAN and WLAN in the mentioned building, but the range of the LAN network is very limited for lack of funds. Very recently, funding from the EU has allowed the administration to set up a local WLAN network with a number of access points, on order to provide connection to the web with considerable less spending compared to the cabling of the whole building. Each classroom has been provided with a desktop and projector that are connected to the WLAN. It works, apparently, but students are not allowed to tap into the network. If they use their smartphones, they do it on their own private internet plans.

Rossana Maglia, Italy

Rossana55 — 2016-12-07 21:23:52 UTC

In my school there's a quite large wifi connection. It reaches all the classrooms even if sometimes there are some problems, especially when there are too many netbooks connected.

Claudia, Ecuador

2016-12-07 22:25:10 UTC

In my school I have seen two access points for the whole school and it brings wifi access only at recess time or at the end of the school day. Social networks and youtube is banned out of those hours. Wifi access is not of good quality and we don't use it for pedagogical purposes. Even more, cell phones are banned in the classroom.

Lia from Italy

lia_molini — 2016-12-08 07:08:04 UTC

In my school there are two access points; wifi connection is working very fast everywhere.

Rosa/ Italy

rosadilonardo — 2016-12-08 09:06:24 UTC

Giuseppe

2016-12-08 10:43:31 UTC

Also in my school wireless connection was implemented by an external company

Lino Milita, Italy

2016-12-08 12:55:26 UTC

Also in my school wireless connection was implemented by an external company

Andrea

andrea_citta — 2016-12-08 13:21:22 UTC

In my shool we have wifi in 6 buildings. I hepled in projecting the infrastructure, but now I have no time, so settings and handling is made by an external company

Giusi, Italy

giusiveca — 2016-12-08 14:39:19 UTC

Im my school, the wi-fi access it was implemented by an external company.The wi-fi is managed by a server, where are all the users. When someone needs to connect, they need a valid user and password. All the access points are managed by the external company, and the school don't have access to the equipment.

José María Díaz, Spain

josemaria_diazfuentes — 2016-12-08 17:45:46 UTC

In our school we have 6 WIFI access points older than the one shown by Hermann. We do not carry out maintenance but the company that serves us

Iñigo, Spain

inigogalo — 2016-12-08 18:08:17 UTC

In my school we have different access points: fixed ones and wireless.

Cesare Maramici, Italy

2016-12-08 19:32:03 UTC

Our school network has this schema and six Access point (AP), three for each floor. The access to the wireless is protected.

Rachael, Spain

raquelrubioruiz — 2016-12-08 19:36:15 UTC

The wifi network maintenance is carried out by an external company in my school. The faculty has no idea about where APs are. After watching the video, I will make sure I gather all this pieces of information, so it will be easy to understand how to improve it and make it work properly.

Neil Ireland

neilos — 2016-12-08 21:27:57 UTC

Our wifi system works something like this. We get a company to support and administer it. We have access points in different locations around the school also.

Paola, Italy

2016-12-08 22:26:46 UTC

I can't answer this question because we Teachers are not informed about the wireless network. We have a wifi connection and Teachers and students as well can use it in the lab, but not with our own device.

Maria Panou/ Kalymnos, Greece

maria_themelis — 2016-12-09 09:15:48 UTC

Unfortunately I 'm not able to answer this question because we have wireless internet but I don't have access to the computers' room or at codes. I only can use laptops and projectors for my lessons only.

Alberto, Spain

2016-12-09 11:27:48 UTC

We use Ubiquiti-Unifi Access Points. It is easy to manage all of them through their web interface. For instance, it is possible to know how many users are connected, how much traffic they are producing and so. It is also easy to add more Acces Points.

Elisabetta, Italy

2016-12-09 11:49:28 UTC

In my school we have 10 Cisco Access Point

Michael, Ireland

2016-12-09 11:59:44 UTC

Our Wi-Fi network is adhoc. We have a number of "personal" Wi-Fi AP around the building. Each one is mac addressed filtered (locally), a pain to administer at present. We are currently looking at a centralised system with proper APs. As usual cost is the issue.
I did smile when Hermann referred to the staff at the server room. Ours is like a cupboard that gets visited by me when I have to fix something or swap a backup drive. I am that staff, on top of teaching a full timetable, so monitoring for faults........not possible. If it is not reported by staff it is not fixed.

Maggie, Ireland

mleonard10 — 2016-12-09 12:13:26 UTC

We have a similar system but our school is very big and we need to invest in better wifi.

This was recommended to me on another course:
Ubiquiti Networks UAP-LR-3 - UniFi AP Long Range 3-Pack

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Networking-Devices/Ubiquiti-Networks-UAP-LR-3-UniFi-Long-Range-3-Pack/B00I4QI23E/ref=pd_bxgy_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S96N8F4N3VEV0TCS06NA

Koldo, Spain

koldo — 2016-12-09 12:33:33 UTC

We have had a lot of problems along the last years. mainly we had desktop computers and we started migrating to laptop computers without anticipate the new WiFi requirements we would have. We had not reflect on the infrastructure we would need for it, so we had to work in a reactive way, not the best way to work.

Nowadays, we are trying to create hardware and software policies for the school IT management, so, we hope in the future we will manage the IT system in a better way.

We have around 20 Xirrus XR 620 WiFi athens for 600 laptops and other devices, when we finish the deployment next month, we will see if it is enough, we hope it will be.

We have different SSIDs for students, staff, events and an open SSID just for breaks. Each teacher has its own username and password.

Slavica

2016-12-09 13:29:20 UTC

In my school there is wi-fi. In order to compare Hermann's and our schools' network I will have to gather more info from my IT colleagues.

Marta, Spain

2016-12-09 14:06:19 UTC

My school is very small and we don't need a very complex infrastructure to guarantee the signal of wifi in all classrooms.

Achilleas, Cyprus

axilleask — 2016-12-09 15:39:16 UTC

In my school the is wi-fi available, but only in specific areas.

Dimitris, Peiraias-Greece

dagelidakis — 2016-12-09 17:14:05 UTC

My school moved in a new building last September and we have the appropriate infrastructure for the WiFi services. I implement the WiFi network this time, and I use Access Points with other SSID for the teachers and other for students for security reasons. I change the passwords monthly and there is Access Points in the Computer Labs, which are turned on only at the working hours. In the future, I will install Access Points in each floor, in order to have WiFi connection to all classrooms.

Ada, Italy

2016-12-09 17:26:21 UTC

My school received money from Europe to improve the connection infrastructure, now we have Lan and Wlan system. Anyway my institute is devided in three different schools and not all of them have already this system. With the European project we received also tablets and now the teacher responsible for ICT is checking them and maybe installing some firewall or antiviruses. I hope we can use them as soon as possible

Aspazia, Romania

pazi_2k — 2016-12-09 17:44:51 UTC

In my school the is wi-fi available, but only in specific areas.

Patrizia, Italy

patriziae6 — 2016-12-09 18:28:27 UTC

My school received money from PON LAN/WLAN to improve the connection infrastructure, now we have Lan and WiFi system.

My institute is devided in ten different schools and six of them have already this system. With the European project we received these access point:

UAP-AC-PRO WLAN Access Point

• Dimensions: ∅196.7 x 35 mm

• Environment: Indoor/Outdoor

• 2.4GHz Speed: 450 Mbps

• 5GHz Speed: 1300 Mbps

• Ports: 2x 10/100/1000 Ethernet

• 802.3af PoE/802.3at PoE

We received controllers cluod key and firewalls.

Our problem is that bandwidth isn't sufficient.

Zdenek CZ

2016-12-09 19:12:46 UTC

We also use a Ubiquiti UniFi. Easy way for our chool. We deploy by yourself. Two SSID (for teachers and students (6-15old)

Inita, Latvia.

initalasmane64 — 2016-12-09 19:51:41 UTC

Hermann's speech was clear and understandable very well.
Wifi network is different in our school and only for teachers' laptops. I hope it will change soon, because our headteacher is open to improvement.

Giuseppe, Italy

profgcorsaro — 2016-12-09 21:14:10 UTC

I don't know wath kind of access point is used in my school. I know that wireless network is not good. We have a lan/ethernet connector in each room but we don't use it. Why? I don't kbow the reason.

Conchi Fernández, Spain

cfdezmunin — 2016-12-09 22:03:03 UTC

In my center we have several wifi networks. One of them is closed and is exclusive to the work of the consultants set up their mobile devices or equipment. Another one is for the students of the courses we give, it is accessed through a password. You can use it during the course using your mobiles or tablets.

Nicoleta Radu, Romania

nicoleta_nicoleta2001 — 2016-12-09 22:08:00 UTC

My school received money from PON LAN/WLAN to improve the connection infrastructure, now we have Lan and WiFi system.

Greg Ashe, Ireland

gpashe — 2016-12-09 22:48:36 UTC

We actually have 3 different systems in use. In the main teaching area we have Ruckus APs (25 in total) with a dedicated hardware controller. It is a very stable system but the UI is not great. It does integrate with Windows AD - users authenticate once via a captive portal and this generates a unique key for that device and associates it with a specific SSID. You can restrict students to having a single device but allow staff have several drives. There is good granular time control for SSIDs. In the student common rooms we have 4 Meraki (part of Cisco now) APs - these have a cloud based controller and you must pay continually for a licence to avail of this. The UI is lovely and very intuitive - it also has a basic MDM for free. Not good for budget conscious. And finally in another area used only by the Benedictine monks who live adjacent to the school we have Ubiquiti single band APs there are the most effective of the Ubiquiti range. If you are going to use the new higher spec Ubiquiti gear then the cost differential between Ruckus/Meru diminishes. Budget is generally the key driver! Reliable copper infrastructure and robust PoE switches are crucial - so invest in this first and of course your internet connection. The end user wifi experience will ultimately by dictated by the weakest link: connection -> switching -> infrastructure -> AP.

Dhurata Albania

2016-12-10 08:13:04 UTC

we have many problems with wifi in school.

Maria, Italy

maria_sgro_ct — 2016-12-10 08:16:48 UTC

These days in my school is changing the wifi network, thanks to funding received from the European PON. So far it has worked out very badly with the bridges that interfered each other, and precluded the connection to many devices. Network security was given by a WPA password that many knew and that made even slower connection. The new network (do not know the technical equipment) provides protection by MAC Address. We'll see if it will work better

Esther, Spain

2016-12-10 12:16:58 UTC

We have been changing the infrastructure of our Wi-Fi for about two years. We have been extending it so that it could support the connection of many devices

The current access points are much more modern than the previous ones. The APs are XIRRUS.

The current ones can be programmed; you can establish control policies, and everything in a simple way from an online control panel.

We can get reports on the number of connected devices, or on the top applications by usage, or on the type of the device…..

We can see in real time the network traffic.

Stefanos, Greece

smerliao — 2016-12-10 16:27:09 UTC

We use wifi only for teachers (AP) and only for one lesson in our school.
I am not very certain for the what are the rules for using wifi in schools in Greece.

Marco, Portugal

2016-12-10 17:15:40 UTC

My school, like most secondary schools in Portugal has a wireless network implemented by the ministery of education. It is based on radius/802.11x autentication and every user on school campus has a personal account.

Federica, Italy

2016-12-11 08:38:05 UTC

Like Maria, in my school, thanks to PON project. We have 2 different Network, one for school equipment and 1 for teachers, in order to guarantee the best connection to school devices.

Maruta, Latvia

2016-12-11 09:51:39 UTC

Wifi network in our school is used mostly for mobile devices and for teachers' laptops. Currently LAN in our school is optimal and wifi usage in classroom could be both useful, but it is not imperative at this moment. However, I think in the future wifi would be important because it would promote a more comfortable mobility and relieve the LAN.

Mateja, Slovenia

2016-12-11 13:53:50 UTC

Wifi network in our school is used for scool's tablets and laptops and for teachers. Teachers connect with their own laptops or mobile phones. Students are not allowed to use their own devices. We have 6 AC, two CISCO AP and four UniFi AP.

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cristinapeicuti — 2016-12-11 14:43:02 UTC

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Elisabetta, Italy

elisabetta_siboni — 2016-12-11 15:18:31 UTC

I am not the network responsible and I do not know any technical detail. I can say that there are two wifi networks: one for teachers and students and the other for the administrative staff. The main problem is that the number of students and teachers is increasing and our network capacity to meet our needs is now insufficient, so we have to implement and optimize it.

Petra, Slovenia

petra_dermota1 — 2016-12-11 16:44:53 UTC

We do have wifi network in our school, but not like in Hermann's school. We only have 4 AP's wich doesn't cover entire school or signal is too weak. In that case the classrooms must be LAN connected.

Ensuring fast WiFi is to use latest technologies and WiFi standards. Also SW of AP's and devices should be up to date. Setting up QoS which enables you to “shape” the traffic that passes through your network, and prioritize certain applications. Use of different channels with as little interference as possible. Usage of antivirus and antimalware SW.

Our two AP's are Lancom L54-g and the other two are Linksys EA 6300 - AC 1200. We know that these 4 AP's are not enough to cover all the school area, so we will expand our wifi covoerage with more AP's. If we want to enable students access via Eduroam, we will need to buy AP's that are stronger and fully equipted by Radius service.

Josep, Catalunya

2016-12-11 18:40:04 UTC

In our school we have 400 devices in Secondary School where each student have one.

We don’t have “spiders AP” as Hermann's ;) we use Meraki AP. And we are happy with the result.

Annamaria, Italy

2016-12-11 21:18:13 UTC

Wifi is used only for teachers. Students are not allowed to use the school wifi.
Our wifi was pretty poor for the daily traffic and from this yer thanks to PON we managed to empower our wifi.
We don't have "spiders Ap"as Hermann's.

Luis

luisorbaneja — 2016-12-12 12:22:16 UTC

In my school our WIFI network doesn't cover all the classrooms but we are involved in a national project that promises to do the full coverage. Currently we are using TP-LINK 3200 Access Points and some old D-LINK 108G Access Points. A lot to be improved in the future.

Barbara

barbara_anna_zi — 2016-12-12 16:08:10 UTC

At our school, we have several WIFI networks. One for teachers and students, one for guests and one for ICT team. Everyone has access to the Internet 24/7.

Evgenia, Greece

2016-12-12 19:56:32 UTC

In our school we have WiFI only for teachers. It is a policy by the Ministry, students not to connect to the Internet with their own digital devices or use while they are in school their digital devices. So, they use the labs' computers instead.

Thomas, Austria,

2016-12-13 06:34:00 UTC

We have two wireless networks. one for teachers and one for students and teachers.
we are using unifi ap. they are great because they are a lot cheaper than e.g. cisco stuff - but still it for enterprises. it has central mgmt. so if i add a new ap, i just need to plug it in - as hermann showed in the video

Monica, Italy

2016-12-13 09:20:23 UTC

In my school we have two wi-fi connections. One is for teachers and is a fiber connection. Teachers connect with their own devices or with a tablet offered by the school. Students are not allowed to use this wi-fi connection. They use their own devices. Only 3 classes have a personal school wi-fi connection (we have 3 cl@sse 2.0). We have AP.

Chiara - Italy

ch_ferronato — 2016-12-13 10:51:10 UTC

Our school wifi is completely different form Hermann's. I'm working in a big institute composed by three schools, each of them with a wifi network.
In order to cover all the big buildings, we use several access points. Access to wifi is protected by password but teachers and students can use the wifi as we work in BYOD a lot and we are a training center for all the teachers nearby.

Daniela, Italy

invernizzifam — 2016-12-13 15:36:02 UTC

In my Primary school pupils don't have access to the wifi connection unless using our classroom's IWB or one of the laptops in the lab, so wifi connection is something that primarily regards the teachers. Atthe moment our wifi system is quite simple and we can manage it without external technicians.

Liberato Mazzotta, Italy

liberato_mazzotta — 2016-12-14 16:18:20 UTC

In my school the wifi network is made of 10 AP distribuited in several classrooms. These devices are all of the same model, simple, cheap and cannot accept many connections at the same time. I made this wifi network to allow teachers to use the electronic gradebook, not for students. For this purpose, the machines works well.

Mara. Italy

maraguanella — 2016-12-14 16:33:15 UTC

In my school there is a wifi connection, but there are often problems connecting, perhaps because there is only one spider to 10 classrooms? I can’t answer this question because Teachers are not informed about the wireless network.

Luigia, Ialy

ginapalumbo — 2016-12-15 16:24:27 UTC

In my school the teachers have access to wifi connection not students

Gabi, Czech Repulic

2016-12-19 20:13:48 UTC

In our school the wifi network is made of 19 AP distribuited in three parts (buildings) of our school. The teachers have the access and the students too.

2016-12-20 08:24:21 UTC

Here in Greece mobile devices are prohibited for students, unless they are needed for the teaching purposes.
My school uses 2 wifi APs for accessing internet. SSID is hidden so students dont try to enter the wi

Lena Rossiou, GR

rossiou — 2016-12-24 22:11:11 UTC

As a colleague has already mentioned, mobile phones are prohibited in Schools. Although we do have a WIFI in the lab of the School, it is not used by students.
It is time to change the law! The digital natives are used to internet and we teachers, we have to encourage them to benefit by mobile learning

Jelena

jelenapro — 2016-12-26 15:43:44 UTC

Our school has wifi network which is accessable only for the teachers and staff. We protect access to school network by passwords only known by insiders.

Anamaria, Romania

anamaria_go — 2016-12-27 05:12:15 UTC

In my school no wifi in computer lab or classrooms. Wifi is only in administrativ area.

SOPHIA KAKAVOULA

2016-12-27 10:46:04 UTC

Nafpaktos Greece
In the school i work there is a wi-fi connection which is protected by password

Kolbrún - Iceland

2016-12-28 10:44:56 UTC

Please comment on the video.

The video was clear and easy to understand.

In what ways is your wifi network the same or different from Hermann’s?

We have many wifi points all around the school but they don't work well, we have to change it over to another kind of AP because this one is obsolete and we can't renew it.

How do you ensure your wifi is fast and copes with demand?

I think we will try many divices to connect at the same time.

What products do you recommend, e.g. Access Points?

I don't know so much about it so I will not recommend on this.

Elísabet, Iceland

2016-12-28 10:56:05 UTC

The Video frrom Hermann was clear and good to understand.
I don't know much about Ap's how they work and their security but I know that in my school we have several AP's all around the school, trying to cover all areas.We have HP AP's but they will be changed soon to another type. I guess it will be Meraki with MDM control. This will be done in order to cover the schools wi-fi areas better and helping us out controling the Mobile devices that we have. I am looking forward to this because hopefully it will make my work more efficient.

Galina Netova, Bulgaria

2016-12-30 18:43:03 UTC

There is wifi connection in my school. We have about 10 AP. All teachers have a PC in the classrooms and a possibility to use the wifi.

Mirela Epureanu, Romania

2016-12-31 10:39:46 UTC

Our school has only 2 AP, which unfortunately don't manage to cover all the area. The wifi connection is protected by a password known only by the insiders and it works quite fast.

Sergio, Spain

2017-01-03 12:24:53 UTC

The ministry installed Ruckus APs three years ago and they work fine. After the installation there was an inspection in order to check that all of them satisfied the requirements. It's possible to manage them remotely to keep them working properly.

Sean, Ireland

2017-01-03 14:33:16 UTC

At the moment we have limited wireless in a certain area of our school. As part of our new computer room we hope to introduce secure wireless to enable pupils bring in their own devices. It will be beneficial to see how this is secured and administered from my point of view.

Anna Rosa, Italy

ar_b — 2017-01-03 16:38:53 UTC

In my school, I have both wire and WI-FI connection and teachers connect their own devices.

Nowadays we want to improve our network by using optical fiber connection and Internet access in order to extend connectivity to students as well.

Betül Delier, Turkey

2017-01-03 17:47:02 UTC

İn our School we have wifi by ministry of education and it is used by teachers and the stuff

Juan Luis, Spain

juanluis_saez — 2017-01-03 18:24:49 UTC

We have 2 access points that do not cover the whole area. Sometimes, it does not work well. Wi-Fi is password protected.

Silvia, Ital

silvia_scandura — 2017-01-05 10:46:37 UTC

Thanks to EU funding, we have a good internal wifi that covers the whole school area. There are four buildings that are well covered, but the incoming connection is very slow. This doesn't depend on us, unfortunately, but things are looking better.
When the incoming connection will be upgraded, the internal wifi network will be enough for teachers, school devices and students' devices.
Every teacher has a personal password, while students have a class password.

Lynda, Ireland

lyndamck — 2017-01-05 13:06:50 UTC

At the moment we don't have wifi throughout our school campus. This mainly due to finances! However this may change this year due to government investment. Currently we do have wifi in the main staff room, science labs and SEN rooms - all are Ubiquiti and give us no problems at all.

viki dogani, greece

2017-01-05 15:59:13 UTC

interesting video

Antonietta Bianca Ferrara, Italy

kyozon70 — 2017-01-06 07:33:13 UTC

We have a very simple system: four routers that distribute wi-fi into the school covering quite all spaces and rooms. Access to teachers is given by a shared psw. In our lab we have another rooter with a different psw that we share with students when we do activities that involve BYOD. The router is simply shut down after activity finishes. Main problem is that the system is often overloaded. Would like to know how the magic device shown in the video is named?

Laura, Milan, Italy

2017-01-06 12:04:51 UTC

As already mentioned, our school is well equipped with routers and switches. Unfortunately, the entering fiber connection has the capacity on 20 MB, which isn't enough. Like in the video, we also guarantee private connection to be secured. This mean that each device needs to be authorized by the external company before access. Then, you will be given a password.

Ivo, Porto, Portugal

2017-01-06 14:05:46 UTC

In my school, We have both wire and WI-FI connection and teachers and students can connect their own devices.

Paolo, Genoa, Italy

pfasce — 2017-01-06 20:35:55 UTC

We have 3 wifi network, one for the teachers and 2 for students. The students' one is filtered by password (obviously) and MAC address, so we allow just "registred" devices.

Nikos,Thessaloniki

manik1 — 2017-01-06 21:27:14 UTC

The wifi can be used only from teachers,Students r not allowed to bring mobile devices

Elena, Romania

costeaelena2004 — 2017-01-07 20:09:55 UTC

It is an interesting video.
In our school only teacher ca use wifi

Elvia,Italy

2017-01-08 13:27:18 UTC

We have a good wifi connection that covers all spaces in each building ( we have 3 different school buildings), and two networks: teachers and students. Our firewall check the in and out connections. Until now we let students only use school devices because we are still defining our policy about the BYOD.

Nontas, Greece

nonaggelis — 2017-01-09 11:41:31 UTC

Here in Greece mobile devices are prohibited in Schools. Although we do have a WIFI in the lab of the School, it is not used by students.
Although we have some teachers, who are using WIFI in their teaching process there are still some others(older one's) who are afraid of doing so.

Gergana, Bulgaria

2017-01-10 08:41:13 UTC

Our school is wi-fi zone. There is free internet connection access for students. Sometimes classes use mobile devices in the class for example in conducting online tests using the platform or Kahoot or Excel online.

Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

2017-01-10 13:51:15 UTC

Where we work
we have to use the wifi due to lack of wiring, because we can not use wiring until we reach the rooms because it is an old building.
Routers for the distribution of the internet signal were coupled.
Computers have an antenna to use the wifi and can access the sites for school searches.

Annie, Sweden

anniestitchy — 2017-01-11 21:47:41 UTC

We are getting new Wifi all over the city, one school at the time during this school year. The difference is like night and day.

Astrid Italy

AstridVE — 2017-01-15 12:31:17 UTC

In our Istitute wifi is completely different respect Hermann's situation. We have a big institute composed by six schools, each of them with a wifi network. Every network is administrated by a server ( LINUX) Access to wifi is protected by password but teachers and students can't use the wifi. It's difficult to contact the administrator because it's a parent who work as a volenteer for the school (!!!!!!?????????) I konw but this is our situation.

Montaña, Spain.

2017-01-17 15:05:38 UTC

In my school we have a remote server but as we have a PDI in each class, each computer work as a wireless too, so in this case the central Wi-Fi doesn't bring down because each class can use their onw WiFi with a specific password. Everything can be controled on remote and the firewall is so strong than some time you have to ask for premission to get into some specific pages. Does it work with enough fluence or fast enough? That's a different question.

Serkan, Turkey

pelenserkan — 2017-01-23 22:04:07 UTC

In my school, we have a special wi-fi in each class and we only use it for internet connection to IWB so the demand is fairly enough for internet speed.

Andrea, Italy

andrea_mrak — 2017-01-24 08:37:39 UTC

All our ten school buildings have already been wired for ethernet in most of the rooms, still we are actually expanding each local network with WiFi access points ( I personally would recommend Ubiquity Networks "UniFi AP" series for good signal power, low cost and ease of configuration). The Wi-Fi service, protected with a passphrase, is generally made available for teachers with their own devices, but in some cases also lab computers and interactive displays in classrooms are connected wirelessly. Our connection bandwidth is very good and works at optimal speeds.

Giedrius, Lithuania

2017-01-27 15:36:05 UTC

At our school, we have several WIFI networks. One for teachers (connection is allowed only with registered MAC), and one that is exclusively for the class that has 26 tablets.

Ánxela, Spain

cabeiroweb — 2017-01-28 10:02:22 UTC

In my elementary and primary school we have fixed access points and two Wi-Fi points that can only be used by the teams and in the classrooms of students and teachers that are part of the "Abalar Project" (Autonomous Project that in this case is developed With the students of 5th and 6th grade)

Cinzia, Italy

liceopellecchia — 2017-01-31 18:28:07 UTC

Our school is in only one building, all cabled, but also provided with 2 wifi networks, one for teaching and learning and one for the administration. Both are filtered by password and MAC address, because we haven't yet a good internet connection, so by now only some users are allowed to access the net.

Marina C, Romania

marinaciubotaru — 2017-02-05 18:27:13 UTC

Our school has wireless connection. We have 2 routers. One for Administration, one for teachers. The connection is made through password.

Tatjana Blagojevic, Serbia

2017-02-06 19:29:17 UTC

In my primary school from one dsl made 2 wireless connection which use administration and teachers.

Liliana. Italy

lilugiov — 2018-02-18 20:32:14 UTC

In my secondary school we have internet connection. In the language laboratory we use wi-Fi with access with the password where each student can work individually under the teacher's control. In the classrooms we use the IWB with a computer is a panel with a pro-system, with connection to the wi-fi where each teacher carries out the activities with the support of the publishing houses.