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Wireless network setup for a school

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I have the following scenario:-

School with approx 55 classrooms/offices. I need to setup wireless connectivity throughout the school. The school has 3 floors and the futhest distance from the server room will be approx 100metres.

I have been doing some research on using a radius server which seems to be the best way to go.

1. What would I need in terms of hardware and software to set this up?
2. Do i need to put an access point in each classroom?


Please advise on best possible solution.

Thanks
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Thanks for the feedback.


1. some pc's will be on the domain and some won't.
2. Will a 2008 r2 Server surfice as a RADIUS Server or do I need a seperate pc loaded with Radius software?
3. Thanks, I will look at the Aruba Solution. Will I still need a radius server if I go controller based?
4. classrooms have thick walls so it will probbaly be 1 AP per classroom.
5. I will look into Ruckus as well.

Thanks
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"unbreakable": there is no such animal. :)
with todays available technology - there is no way to crack either encrypted PEAP tunnel or the dynamic WPA keys assigned to each user --- so if you go wireless - use PEAP-MsChapV2 or EAP-TLS with WPA2-AES keys
no way anyone today will break that.
apart from the social engineering/stealing password part
that's why put the ms-chap-v2 inside an encrypted PEAP tunnel ;-)
Okay, that makes sense.
Back to OP's problem, I don't think the schoolkids will hack any kind of serious EAP/PEAP.
I have been in contact with Aruba Network suppliers in my country and we are working on a suitable solution.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.