CASE STUDY When the majority of students started bringing Wi-Fi routers with them to campus, the resulting interference in West Chester University student housing facilities became overwhelming. That’s when Richard Chan knew it was time to cut the cord. “For several years we supported students who wished to plug their own routers into our wired residence hall ports,” explains Chan, Assistant Director of Networking and Telecommunications for the 16,000-student institution based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and the largest university in the 14-school State System of Higher Education “Students have come to rely on wireless connectivity for course-work related Internet and email access, plus additional online courses and distance learning,” adds Chan. “In addition, they use wirel

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