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Case Study: Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia

Southern Polytechnic is a special-purpose institution in the University System of Georgia, with about 3700 students. As a school dedicated to the study of technology, SPSU's Information Technology Division wanted to implement a campus-wide wireless LAN that would augment its existing 802.11 Ethernet wired network and meet the challenges presented...

Tags: Security, IEEE 802.11, Meetinghouse, Georgia, Southern Polytechnic, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wireless, LANs, Networking

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Meetinghouse Data Communications Case Study: Southern Polytechnic State University

Southern Polytechnic is a special-purpose institution in the University System of Georgia, with about 3700 students. As a school dedicated to the study of technology, SPSU's Information Technology Division wanted to implement a campus-wide wireless LAN that would augment its existing 802.11 Ethernet wired network and meet the challenges presented...

Tags: Security, Meetinghouse, IEEE 802.1X, Southern Polytechnic, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Ethernet, Networking

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