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...or shared computer laboratories in order to connect to computer network.
In early 2001, Saint Francis University in Loretto, Penn., undertook a study to create a wireless network in all of its academic buildings. The Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under Served Areas (online at www.cermusa.org), a telemedicine and distance learning research facility located on the university's campus, collaborated with Saint Francis on the effort. The university's goal was to create a wireless network to support an upcoming laptop initiative in which all incoming freshmen would receive notebook computers. CERMUSA's objective was to gain a better understanding of wireless technology, as well as to create a best-practices recommendation for schools and universities in the techniques of deploying a campus WLAN.
After a year of researching different methods of WLAN deployment, three different procedures that can be used to install a wireless network were identified. CERMUSA termed these three methods: E-Witching, Scientific Divining and Computer Modeling.
E-Witching
Electron witching, or e-witching, is akin to the approach used by early settlers in the Midwestern United States to find water sources for homes and farms. On these and landscapes, visible sources of water such as streams and brooks were hard to find; however, potable water sources were often discovered flowing beneath the surface of the ground and a well had to be dug to capture the water. Skilled settlers, known as diviners, were often called in to locate these hidden water sources by using a forked...
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