Case Study: Oyster River Cooperative School District achieves seamless BYOD and reliable unified wired and wireless networking with HPE Aruba Networking

Oyster River Gets BYOD-and More-in an Instant

Oyster River Cooperative School District, a 2,000‑student district serving the University of New Hampshire area, struggled to support a growing bring‑your‑own‑device (BYOD) environment and new college‑and‑career readiness standards because its aging wired and wireless infrastructure was slow, manual to manage, and frequently left teachers and students unable to connect reliably. Routine tasks like logging classroom computers could add 20 minutes, and the district needed a modern, scalable network to enable digital learning.

Oyster River replaced its network with Aruba’s unified wired and wireless MOVE architecture, deploying Instant APs for zero‑touch provisioning plus ClearPass for centralized policy, onboarding and guest access and AirWave for network optimization. The rip‑and‑replace took under three weeks and now supports BYOD and school devices (over 400 personal iPhones observed), faster logins, granular device policies, and easier IT management—resulting in reliable classroom connectivity, saved teacher time, and more effective, tech‑enabled instruction.

Oyster River Cooperative School District

Josh Olstad

Director of IT