Marist Canberra College

Marist Canberra College Expands Beyond Wired Network by Installing High Performance Xirrus Wireless NetworkingArrays


Owned and operated by the Marist Brothers for over 120 years, this Catholic College is one of the oldest and most sought after schools in the ACT, spanning across 15 hectares and home to nearly 1,600 boys. Marist College choose Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays because it is the only architecture robust enough to handle the student density required to move beyond their wired network and deliver a flexible learning environment campus-wide.


Requirements
  • Support dense user environments
  • Provide seamless roaming for each user
  • Minimum devices installed
  • Support for data and voice over Wi-Fi

Benefits
  • Arrays able to seamlessly cover entire campus including double brick buildings and aluminum-constructed portables
  • Support for data and voice on single infrastructure
  • All switching, security and load balancing at the edge
  • Fewer devices installed to result in less cabling, switch ports, installation time and maintenance

Savings
  • Number of additional access points saved
36
  • Number of additional cable runs saved
36
  • Number of switch ports that saved
36
  • Average power savings per year (kWh)
6,833