Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Santa Clara County Library District serves more than three million annual visitors and began having bandwidth and connectivity issues with its Wi-Fi. The IT team recognized a new solution was needed to support the over 600 devices connected to the network at all times, as well as offer new and improved services in its branches.
The Library chose Aerohive AP350 access points and used Aerohive survey tools for mapping out optimum locations. The Library doubled its access points and also set up plans for two networks, one for staff and one for public access.
The Library is pleased to now offer Wi-Fi without worry about bandwidth and connectivity issues it experienced in the past. While the Library doubled its access points, it was able to support five times the number of users on the Aerohive network due to superior connectivity and powerful signal strength, even supporting 10 times the number of users at its two largest library locations. Having a complete picture of its network through HiveManager Online, the IT team can make adjustments for spikes in users or usage during different days and times, giving flexibility and control at each location.
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