Case Study: Guilford College achieves reliable, measurable AI-driven campus Wi-Fi with Mist AI

Guilford College Graduates to Mist’s Modern Cloud Platform for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®LE Location

GuilFord College, a historic liberal arts school in Greensboro, NC, needed to replace a five‑year‑old Cisco WLAN and deliver reliable, measurable Wi‑Fi across classrooms, residence halls and the student union while being supported by just two full‑time networking staff. In 2017 the school selected Mist AI’s modern cloud platform — the Mist Learning WLAN with AI-driven automation and Bluetooth® LE location — to simplify operations, improve user experience visibility, and offload day‑to‑day troubleshooting.

Mist AI deployed a full campus solution of 400 AP41s in a matter of weeks (with student help), with an average AP provisioning time of five minutes, and configured service levels to monitor coverage and capacity. The Mist AI platform reduced operational overhead for GuilFord College, enabled rapid isolation of issues, produced measurable user‑experience metrics, and left the campus with virtually no Wi‑Fi outages beyond routine password problems.

GuilFord College

Chuck Curry

Director Information Technology and Services (IT&S)