Not sure where you got your info, but it's mostly wrong. Dartmouth went wireless with equipment from Cisco by many different alumns. The rollout was a success, you can read about it in Wired, they did an article on it, and it was posted here a long time ago, about two years.
The only problem there has been is authentication, but that is not a Dartmouth problem, the industry hasn't standarized yet on how wireless auth is going to play out. But that doesn't stop WiFi from being useful or successful on campus.
As for going before the tech was ready, Dartmouth rolled out 802.11b equip after it was standardized, and has had no problems with compatability with cards or equip from different manufacturers.
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Not sure where you got your info, but it's mostly wrong. Dartmouth went wireless with equipment from Cisco by many different alumns. The rollout was a success, you can read about it in Wired, they did an article on it, and it was posted here a long time ago, about two years. The only problem there has been is authentication, but that is not a Dartmouth problem, the industry hasn't standarized yet on how wireless auth is going to play out. But that doesn't stop WiFi from being useful or successful on campus. As for going before the tech was ready, Dartmouth rolled out 802.11b equip after it was standardized, and has had no problems with compatability with cards or equip from different manufacturers.