Thousand Oaks, CA – Xirrus, Inc., the Wi-Fi "Power-Play"
“Over 2,800 Xirrus 802.11abg+n integrated access points are now operational using only 350 Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays,” said Dan McCarriar, Director of Network and Production Services at Carnegie Mellon University. “We chose Xirrus to be deployed in the most demanding areas of our campus, including the residence halls and buildings housing a variety of engineering and computer science programs, where performance needs continually spike and the types of applications and devices vary greatly.”
Carnegie Mellon University’s Wireless Andrew network was one of the first campus-wide wireless networks in the world and has been in operation since 1994. Today, Wireless Andrew 2.0 provides service to over 14,000 students, faculty, and staff across the university’s main campus.
“Xirrus 802.11abg+n Wi-Fi Arrays have allowed us to take the next leap in performance that will carry us forward for the next 5 years,” added McCarriar. “It‘s interesting to note that nearly 100% of this year’s incoming freshmen who brought laptops had 802.11abg+n-
“Servicing 14,000 students would break traditional controller-based Wi-Fi architectures. The Xirrus Wi-Fi Array is unique compared to other solutions in that we place the power and intelligence closer to the user by integrating 4, 8, 12, 16, or 24 802.11abg+n radios in to a single device, coupled to a high-gain directional antenna system along with an onboard multi-gigabit switch, Wi-Fi controller, firewall, dedicated Wi-Fi threat sensor, and an embedded spectrum analyzer,” said Dirk Gates, Co-founder and CEO at Xirrus. “Unlike other Wi-Fi vendors, we designed our architecture to replace the wired network – delivering far better coverage, bandwidth, and throughput than anything else available on the market today.”
Rolling out a high performance Wi-Fi network has never been easier – Free site survey, design, and verification by calling 1.800.947.7871 or visiting www.xirrus.com/
About Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. More than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its 144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Asia, Australia and Europe. For more, please visit www.cmu.edu.
About Xirrus
Xirrus, the only Wi-Fi “Power-Play,”
Xirrus is a privately-held company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. For more information, please visit www.xirrus.com.
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