Case Study: Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre achieves a resilient, future-proofed campus network with Zyxel

ZyXEL supports the growing IT demands of Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, a specialist maths and computing college, needed to expand and modernize its campus network to connect new buildings, support over 500 PCs and growing user demand, and replace an aging 10/100 switch infrastructure. The school also wanted to deploy a new campus-wide CCTV system and strengthen the security and resilience of its data network. Zyxel switches and wireless products were selected for the upgrade.

Zyxel implemented a future-proofed network using Dimension Gigabit Managed switches, Fast Ethernet Managed switches, Prestige 660HWs wireless routers, and NWA-3100 access points, with VLANs separating CCTV and data traffic and ring topology improving resilience. The result was faster connectivity, better bandwidth control and QoS, stronger security, and support for future services like VoIP. Zyxel delivered value for money, feature-rich hardware, and a lifetime warranty, while the school benefited from minimized disruption and prompt network troubleshooting.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

Ken Macrae

IT Manager