Galen Catholic College Achieves High Performance Wireless Networking with Xirrus


Located three hours north of Melbourne, Galen Catholic College has nearly 900 students in Wangaratta, Australia. Galen prides itself on the level of care and concern given to each student, including those with special needs, striving to turn out young men and women who are well equipped to cope with the demands of today's rapidly changing technological society and who have a sound value system on which to base their future lives.


Requirements
  • Reliable, fast Wi-Fi Internet access to support current laptop users as well as future growth
  • Ubiquitous coverage across the entire 17 building campus
  • Support Clickview applications
  • Upgradeable to 802.11 path

Benefits
  • Reduced waiting times for logging in and out of their accounts as well as 100% association on first try
  • Simplified distributed architecture allowed two dedicated computer rooms to be repurposed for general instructional use
  • Cost savings of $100,000 with no hidden costs
  • Fewer devices, cabling and installation time
  • Support of knowledgeable Xirrus Account Team

Savings
  • Ratio of Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional access points
1:5
  • Number of additional access points saved
80
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
80
  • Number of switch ports that saved
80
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
10,512