School Network Planning: Site Surveys, VLANs & DHCP at Scale

When: June 24, 2026 · 90 minutes

Price: Free

Presented by: James Saniger

A hands-on technical session for IT leads and network administrators responsible for school infrastructure. We will walk through the full planning cycle for a robust school network: conducting signal heatmap site surveys to identify dead zones and optimise access point placement, designing VLAN architectures that cleanly separate student devices, staff devices and IoT endpoints, and sizing your DHCP scopes so a standard /24 subnet does not bottleneck a 1:1 deployment. We will also cover practical tips on 802.1x credential-based VLAN assignment, choosing between enterprise access point platforms, and ensuring your network can scale as device counts grow.

For: IT Leads & Network Administrators

About James Saniger

I've spent thirty years building infrastructure that has to work — from statewide ISP networks to K-12 districts. I specialize in network architecture, firewall, virtualization, disaster recovery, and phone systems. When the network is invisible, teachers teach, and students learn. That's the whole job.