GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WIRELESS LAN: STUDY AT THE FACULTY OF ICT AT TUT

The faculty of Information and Communication Technology at Tshwane University of Technology is faced with the decision by the Senate of TUT to move the faculty to the Soshanguve learning site (Schoeman, 2005). This move will impose strain upon the current limited resources of the faculty on the new campus. Thus the study suggests the need for guidelines for the implementation of a Wireless Local Area Network for the learners to learn anytime, anywhere, and work without disruption in the Soshanguve learning site. An investigation into a WLAN based infrastructure will be an advantage for the faculty in respect of ease of installation, low installation, and maintenance costs. A non-empirical research using a qualitative approach with a literature review and observation methods were used. The nature of the research process was to produce guidelines for the implementation of a secured WLAN for the learners in the faculty using an analytical form of reasoning. The study confidently maintains that WLAN will assist learners of the faculty to learn anytime and anywhere. This could lead to an increase in throughput rates for the faculty. Read more