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News Release from: Buffalo Technology | Subject: Cornbury Park
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2002
Buffalo roams free at stately home
Wireless networking from Buffalo Technology has proved the solution to networking challenges imposed by the architecture of Lord Rotherwick's residence at Cornbury Park.
Wireless networking from Buffalo Technology installed by IT Works, an IT solution provider, has proved the solution to networking challenges imposed by the architecture of Lord Rotherwick's residence at Cornbury Park Providing computer networking throughout a large country house like Cornbury Park using conventional cabling would be extremely difficult to plan, expensive and disruptive
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Aug 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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So when Lord Rotherwick himself expressed interest in a wireless solution to networking expansion proposed by Barry Coe of IT Works, plans for a trial were quickly put in place.
There were some reservations about the suitability of wireless networking in this application, because of physical layout of the rooms and the construction of the building with some of the stone walls being up to 2m thick.
Buffalo Technology equipment was chosen for the trial.
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For the initial assessment one AirStation access point and one network card was integrated into Cornbury Park's existing cable LAN.
This allowed hardware requirements for wider coverage to be assessed.
Lord Rotherwick had initially wanted to have wireless LANs put into the house for the children's landing as it would be used purely for him and the children, but once installed he was pleased with it and wanted the coverage extended to the whole house.
Following discussions with the equipment manufacturer, Buffalo Technology, it was estimated that three access points would give the required coverage.
However, with the scale and construction of the premises involved this estimate failed to provide the cover desired.
Although there were sufficient access points for local operation, the system did not allow for the furthest point to communicate with the cabled LAN.
The solution proposed by Buffalo's helpdesk was the installation of an additional AirStation Pro access point to act as a central wireless node for the other access points.
The family can now move freely around the majority of the house unrestrained by cables, while still using their computers.
Lord Rotherwick himself is very happy with the solution: "I am delighted with the ability of the family to e-mail effortlessly anywhere within the house without the tangle or expense of wires", he says.
Future expansion of the network, will now only involve the installation and configuration of a wireless network card for each machine in question, thus vastly reducing the time and costs involved.
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