Case Study: Northwest Missouri State University achieves pervasive campus Wi‑Fi and transforms classroom learning with Cambium Networks' Xirrus Wi‑Fi solution

Northwest Missouri State University Brings Pervasive Wi-Fi to Campus, Transforming Classroom Learning

Northwest Missouri State University, serving more than 7,000 students, faced a limited wireless footprint that left classrooms and large venues without reliable Wi‑Fi and relied on a single controller that created a performance bottleneck. To provide pervasive, high‑performance wireless for classroom communication, online testing and growing numbers of mobile devices, the university deployed Cambium Networks’ Xirrus Wi‑Fi APs.

Cambium Networks implemented a distributed Xirrus solution—about 400 APs covering more than 50 buildings and over 90% of campus, including 160 classrooms—managed centrally with a single classroom profile for rapid, campus‑wide deployment. The rollout supported a 100% increase in device connections, served up to 3,000 simultaneous users at peak, enabled university‑wide online testing and improved instructor and student mobility, demonstrating clear gains in scalability, reliability and capacity.

Northwest Missouri State University

Timothy Carlyle

Director of Network Computing and Senior Unix Administrator