Wireless protocols have evolved over the years, there are many new models being created that push more bandwidth data using wireless technology. In most cases the older, wireless models are more sensitive to interference, which in turn result for the protocol to fallback to slower modes for the data to get though (insert). According to an article that PCmag.com wrote, there are three limitation to 802.11b limited bandwidth, radio interference from other devices and networks, and security concerns. Introducing this to an outside environment is going to cause each station transmitting will take longer to send its signal, which means it more likely that the transmitter or other interference will corrupt the packet resulting in packet loss and retransmission of the packet ("802.11b Pros and Cons-Fast Wireless Networking -| PCMag.com," n.d.). …show more content…
The first item to change would moving from 802.11b to the new standard 802.11ac. As a result of going to this new standard of 802.11ac offer higher rates of data transfer up to 1.3Gbps per radio transmitter. Furthermore, the new standard 802.11ac has a higher encoding density, increased number of spatial streams, and multi-user MIMO. Bearing in mind that the wireless network is used by students, staff, and facility, it would be in the best interest of the school to create separate VLAN’s and access lists within the network. Using this techniques will prevent the students from accessing other student’s personal records, along with the staff and faculty information. The fact that the school is serving 3000 students over five regional campuses, upgrading to 802.11ac would be a good