1. Danville Community School
Online Coursework and Student Testing Over WLAN
Profile
 School district covers 83 square miles
 3,000 students, teachers and staff With Meru's
 Nine buildings technology and 11n's
performance and
reliability, I'm
Challenge
confident in using the
 Upgrade to 11n: Replace existing wireless network wireless network not
just as an adjunct to
 Simplicity: Has to be easy to design and deploy
my wired network, but
 Minimal disruption to class work during upgrade as the primary
 Install quickly with minimal management to maintain it network for high-
stakes activities such
Solution as student testing."
- Brad Fischer, director of
 Meru 802.11n APs and MC3000 controller technology
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2. Allegany County Public Schools
District-wide to Support Mobile Applications
Profile
 K-12, 22 schools, 26 buildings
“What really
 10,000+ students, faculty and staff separated Meru from
the pack was its
Challenge single-channel
 Provide district wide wireless approach and the
strength of its
 Demanding app: Safari Montage, educational videos management
system”
 Flexibility: Radio Switches on Laptop carts
- Jeffrey Blank,
 Conserve WAN bandwidth between facilities Supervisor of Networking
Solution
 Meru's AP208s APs, RS4000s, and MC5000 controller
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3. Saint Joseph's University
Campus-Wide Wireless Coverage
Profile
 4,150 full-time undergraduates and 2,700 graduate
 25 buildings, 20 residences, 2 dining halls, student "We found Meru's
commons, administrative facility and an academic
building Air Traffic Control
technology to
Challenge provide the most
cost-effective,
 Replace Cisco WLAN with Meru Wireless
efficient wireless
 Reliability: Wireless will be primary network access solution – and the
 High density: Support dense student classrooms easiest to manage."
-Joseph F. Petragnani,
 Support 11b and 11g without performance penalty Assistant AP for
Information Technology
Solution
 Meru's AP208s APs and MC3000 controller
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4. Farmington Municipal School District
District-Wide Wireless Coverage
Profile
 10,000 students and 1,200 staff members
 3 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, and 2 pre-schools
"Without the Meru
Challenge network we would
 Replace Cisco WLAN with Meru Wireless not have been able
 Increase class time: Eliminate network disconnects to effectively
distribute large
 Performance: Resolve network slowdown as number numbers of laptops
of users increase
so quickly,"
 Reliability: establish confidence with teachers - Charles Thacker, CTO
Solution
 Meru's AP300s APs and controller
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