# Installing Purple Air Sensors in Schools

**URL:** <https://community.purpleair.com/t/installing-purple-air-sensors-in-schools/10790>\
**Category:** Sensors\
**Created:** [November 30, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/installing-purple-air-sensors-in-schools/10790 "2024-11-30T09:44:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garry\_Harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/garry_harris/32/4843_2.png) [@Garry\_Harris](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Garry_Harris)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/installing-purple-air-sensors-in-schools/10790/1 "2024-11-30T09:44:15Z")

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We are installing several purple air sensors in schools for an enhanced community air monitoring project. We have found that most schools have switched to 5 GHZ from 2.4 GHZ, so some schools are reluctant to install them on their internet systems. Do you have any experience and recommendations to make a proper installation and minimize risk to the existing internet system

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**Author:** ![dwhitemv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/dwhitemv/32/1508_2.png) [@dwhitemv](https://community.purpleair.com/u/dwhitemv)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/installing-purple-air-sensors-in-schools/10790/2 "2024-12-02T18:13:03Z")

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Have them create a separate ‘guest’ type network used for IoT devices that only has outbound Internet access and no access to the school network. That should eliminate most of the risk, and make it easy to monitor for any misbehavior.

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**Author:** ![Garry\_Harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/garry_harris/32/4843_2.png) [@Garry\_Harris](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Garry_Harris)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/installing-purple-air-sensors-in-schools/10790/3 "2024-12-05T17:38:00Z")

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> [@Garry\_Harris](#):
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> We are installing several purple air sensors in schools for an enhanced community air monitoring project. Most schools have switched to 5 GHZ from 2.4 GHZ, so some are reluctant to install them on their internet systems. Do you have any experience and recommendations for making a proper installation and minimizing risk to the existing internet system?

Thanks so much for sharing these insights so appreciated…a real value add for our project

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**Author:** ![Garry\_Harris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.purpleair.com/garry_harris/32/4843_2.png) [@Garry\_Harris](https://community.purpleair.com/u/Garry_Harris)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.purpleair.com/t/installing-purple-air-sensors-in-schools/10790/4 "2024-12-05T17:38:44Z")

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Thanks so much for sharing these insights so appreciated…a real value add for our project