Thus, for mission-critical applications where the cost of downtime is high and mobility isn't absolutely essential, wired networks still make more sense.
Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (IST) is moving to Hinds Hall, a fully renovated four-story, 50,000-square-foot building originally built in 1953.
A preliminary wired Ethernet design has been developed, built around a standard SU configuration. A Cisco Systems 4503 multilayer switch is used as a distribution-layer building backbone switch, with Gigabit Ethernet connectivity into the university's backbone and Gigabit Ethernet connections to Power over Ethernet-enabled Cisco Catalyst 3550 switches.
The estimated list price for the Ethernet backbone components is $63,410. RFP respondents were invited to overlay their wireless systems on top of the Cisco 3550/4503 infrastructure or propose an alternative wired infrastructure. Cost comparisons were made between each vendor's combined wired/wireless network.
IST is home to approximately 1,200 undergraduate, professional, master's and doctoral. students; 40 full-time faculty; 30 full-time research staff; and 30 administrative staff. Degree programs include a bachelor's in information management and technology; master's professional programs in information management, telecommunications, network management and library science; and a doctoral program in information transfer. All programs are computer-intensive. IST faculty members are also active researchers; per-faculty research funding at IST is higher than that of any other program at the university.
The building structure consists of reinforced flat-slab concrete floors with concrete columns reinforced with steel bars. The renovated facility will have open ceilings and exposed mechanicals for modular cubical work areas, private offices, conference rooms, collaboration facilities, classrooms, labs and public areas. Wireless usage is expected to be highest in public and quasipublic areas, such as classrooms and labs.
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