If an Airport becomes saturated, a WaveLan access point will be quickly swapped in. DHCP allows for control of access to the MavNet wireless network. If students have their own laptop and a wireless pc card, they go to the Laptop Help Center to get help loading the wireless drivers, to obtain quick instruction on use, and to register their pc card MAC address. Library Laptop Research Tool Prototype Student funding was used to jumpstart the Library Laptop Research Tool prototype project. Software loaded on the laptop aids in research and note taking, not desktop productivity.
Students can check out a laptop as they enter the library.
Then use the laptop from anywhere within the library to aid in their research. The access points cover the large open areas of the library, while also covering multiple floors. The stairwells, bathrooms and book stacks, are areas that degrade the wireless signal. Connections are quickly restored upon returning to a better signal or when traveling from access point to access point. The Student Senate Association funded the Campus Computer Store Laptop Loaner project to improve technology on the campus, and to further strengthen the wireless knowledge base, while also providing increased computer access to students.