I just looked and it seems that 6 MB/s is the lowest setting. Patrick Printz Network Infrastructure
Quinsigamond Community College 670 West Boylston Street Worcester, MA 01606-2092 w. 508-854-7517 c. 508-726-9529 "If a man is called a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Earth will pause to say, Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well." ~Martin Luther King, Jr. -----Original Message----- From: Brian Anderson - ASI [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 8:46 AM To: Enterasys Customer Mailing List Subject: Re: [enterasys] Best AP/Radio config for high client/AP density? The first thing that jumps out at me, is the min basic rate. Usually I see that set to 1mbps. On Sep 16, 2013, at 7:28 AM, "Eklund Kendt" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an open GTAC case and am waiting for the standard Enterasys > recommendations, but I'm curious what others have seen in the real world. We > have had reports of client connection issues at one school with a heavy Mac > deployment in a group of adjacent classrooms. > Controller - C5110-2 firmware 8.31.03.0011 APs - 3610 - 1 per > classroom Clients - MacAir OS X 10.8.4 (google search show other folks > having WiFi issues if there is heavy channel interference), 33 per classroom. > SSIDs - 2 deployed, one hidden, both using NAC/RADIUS for > authentication Topology is Bridge@AP for these authenticated clients > > I've tried to push the config recommended from the help pages, but for some > reason bulk AP radio configs are not sticking (I changed several of the ones > listed below but looking at the current config they are not active). I did > enable DCS in active mode and will be onsite to monitor today - current radio > configs are: > > Radio 1: > Admin Mode: On > Radio Mode: a/n > Channel Width: Auto > Guard Interval: Short > ATPC: Enabled > Max Tx Power: 24 dbm > Min Tx Power: 8 dbm > Auto Tx Power Ctrl Adj: 0 dbm > Channel Plan: All Non-DFS-Channels > Ant Selection: L/M/R > Advanced: > DTIM Period: 5 > Beacon Period: 100 > RTS/CTS Threshold: 2346 > Frag. Threshold: 2346 > Maximum Distance: 100 > Dynamic Channel Selection: Active Mode DCS Noise Threshold: -80 DCS > Channel Occupancy Threshold: 100 DCS Update Period: 5 Min Basic Rate: > 6Mbps Max % of non-unicast traffic: 100 Optimized for power save: > unchecked Adaptable Rate: unchecked Multicast to Unicast delivery: > Disabled Protection Mode: Always Protection Type: CTS only 40Mhz > Channel Busy Threshold: 50 Aggregate MSDUs: Disabled Aggregate MPDUs: > Disabled Aggregate MPDU Max Length: 65535 Agg. MPDU Max # of > Sub-frames: 64 ADDBA Support: Enabled > > > Radio 2: > Admin Mode: On > Radio Mode: b/g/n > Channel Width: Auto > Guard Interval: Long > ATPC: Enabled > Max Tx Power: 24 dbm > Min Tx Power: 8 dbm > Auto Tx Power Ctrl Adj: 0 dbm > Channel Plan: 3-Channel Plan > Ant Selection: L/M/R > Advanced: > DTIM Period: 5 > Beacon Period: 100 > RTS/CTS Threshold: 2346 > Frag. Threshold: 2346 > Maximum Distance: 100 > Dynamic Channel Selection: Active Mode DCS Noise Threshold: -80 DCS > Channel Occupancy Threshold: 100 DCS Update Period: 5 Min Basic Rate: > 11 Mbps Max % of non-unicast traffic: 100 Optimized for power save: > unchecked Adaptable Rate: unchecked Multicast to Unicast delivery: > Disabled > 11b: > Preamble: Long > 11g: > Protection Mode: Auto > Protection Rate: 11 Mbps > Protection Type: CTS only > 11n: > Protection Mode: Always > Protection Type: CTS only > 40Mhz Channel Busy Threshold: 50 > Aggregate MSDUs: Disabled > Aggregate MPDUs: Disabled > Aggregate MPDU Max Length: 65535 > Agg. MPDU Max # of Sub-frames: 64 > ADDBA Support: Disabled > > I could go back and set them based on the 'High Throughput' settings list > from the controller online help, but I don't want ot just randomly change > settings without further logging or the recommendations from GTAC. > > Thanks for any info! > > > Kendt Eklund > Executive Supervisor, Data Infrastructure Moore County Schools - > Technology > 180 Pinckney Rd. - Carthage, NC 28327 > 910-947-6672 Fax: 910-947-1808 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > --- > To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected] with the > body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected] --- To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected] --- To unsubscribe from enterasys, send email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe enterasys [email protected]
