Illawara Grammar School (TIGS)

Illawara Grammar School Installs Xirrus High Performance Wireless Networking


The Illawarra Grammar School (TIGS) was founded in 1959 by Bishop Gordon Begbie and a dedicated band of 'founding parents' who firmly believed in the need for a regional Anglican School to be based in the Illawarra, Australia. The school has grown from 28 boys in a large co-educational school with over 1,000 students and nearly 200 staff. Focused on developing young people spiritually, intellectually, socially, and physically, the school is renowned for it’s leadership of successive administrations and family support.


Requirements
  • Ability to deliver high performance Wi-Fi campus-wide
  • Ability to support hundreds of students in close proximity
  • Ability to support all types of Wi-Fi devices, both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz
  • Centrally manageable

Benefits
  • Self-contained architecture with integrated controller
  • Easily operated, deployed, and maintained
  • Highly reliable Wi-Fi with maximum bandwidth
  • Full solution network with a minimum number of devices reducing overall cost

Savings
  • Ratio of Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional access points
1:5
  • Number of additional access points saved
72
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
72
  • Number of switch ports that saved
72
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
5,782