The Extreme Networks solution
Extreme Networks’ Mobile Student Network is an identity-based ecosystem of wired and wireless networks that extends from the converged edge to the virtual data centre.
Extreme’s identity-based network intelligence and open architecture makes it easy and economical for colleges and universities to provide students with a seamless network experience through the device of their choice, from wherever they are. The network can provide students role-based services and make it easier for IT to pinpoint and resolve user issues and maintain high user satisfaction.
The Mobile Student Network is friendly to users, allowing them to get snap-fast network services anywhere on campus – whether wireless or wired:
• Wired and Wireless Networks Built for Mobility
Proven, identity-based, high-performance, and resilient networks with 802.11n wireless and scalable campus, core and data centre wired switching.
• Network Security Everywhere
Ensures that wireless and wired ports are available to authorised devices and users only and rejects misuse or rogue access points.
• Centralised Wired and Wireless Management
Reduce cost and complexity, increasing network uptime across large university campuses
• New Wallplate Access Point for classrooms and dormitories
Compact 802.11n Wi-Fi access point about the size of an iPhone, installs in two minutes, covers up-to 10 rooms each to support unique power demands of wireless smartphones and tablets. Ask for special bundle pricing!
Imperial College London Takes on the Future
Mobility, secure network policy and high availability delivered through an efficient network design have characterised Imperial College London’s extensive campus network upgrade featuring scalable Ethernet network solutions from Extreme Networks. The university required the roll-out of an enhanced mobile edge network using best-of-breed equipment to complete its transition to supporting IPV6, wired/wireless, converged voice/video and devices that require power from the network. The scale of the project demanded upgraded performance and increased visibility through advanced network management and the many benefits of an open and modular operating system, ExtremeXOS®.
“We’re effectively operating fully converged carrier-grade Ethernet, with different classes of users and data across a metropolitan-sized area,” explained Matthew Williams, Head of Networks and Infrastructure, ICT, Imperial College London. “The sheer amount of data that is stored, accessed and transferred is one aspect, but the rise in use of mobile devices such as smartphones, netbooks and iPads, which consume bandwidth browsing the web and running applications, as well as the move to cloud based services, have also placed a greater strain on the network.”
The scope and scale of the College’s converged network also placed even greater emphasis on security measures at the network edge. Management tools, therefore, needed to be centrally accessible and intuitive to provide high visibility into the network to instantly detect threats and monitor usage.
“The scale of our operations means we have to have an intelligent and mobile network that that we can manage from anywhere and that also dynamically identifies users and devices as they log on to the network. Manageability is key: Extreme Networks infrastructure can support user and port policy all within the context of our existing management framework. The project is now delivering what the College required: secure mobility, reliability and flexibility. The network is now something that everyone can take for granted. It’s like your power supply: it’s there, it works and you can plug in to it whenever and wherever you are.”
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