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Foundry Networks, Inc. has announced that the University of Birmingham is installing Foundry’s IronPoint Mobility Series of access points (APs) and controllers in a major replacement and expansion program to provide complete 802.11 wireless coverage by the end of 2008 at its main 250-acre Edgbaston campus, the 80-acre Selly Oak campus and at the affiliated Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. This makes the project one of the largest wireless LAN deployments within a UK university to date.

The IronPoint Mobility access points connect into Power over Ethernet-enabled FastIron Edge switches, which in turn use this “freed” fiber around the campus to link into a dedicated firewall and then the core of the network. This means that security is maintained at all times with no scope for unauthorized access. Equally, the IronPoint access points act as both transmitting and monitoring devices so rogue access points cannot be installed without being detected.