Unfortunately, our fifteen 1240AG's don't have 5GHz enabled - I'd have to order the relevant antennas and reconfigure them. That's not likely to happen. We have two AIR-CAP2602E-A-K9 with full 802.1n capability, but that's not enough.
However, I plan to do an informal site survey to see how much of the 5GHz band is in use.So far it looks OK, but will keep the results in my back pocket for later use. Kurt On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you may be referring to Micheal's post on channel stacking if not, > no I was referring to getting off the B, G, and N channels all together and > go to A but not all WAP's support A and not all machines have cards capable > of using A since it is consider so "old" and troublesome but I found in > certain cases it is the better choice if it is available to you. > > Jon > >> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 19:46:25 -0800 >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] wifi in multitenant buildings? >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] > >> >> I presume by channel stacking you mean selecting channels for our WAPs >> that have least overlap with the closest of their WAPs - say, if >> they're doing 11, make sure that the closest ones we have are either 6 >> or 1, etc. >> >> Am I understanding you correctly? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >> > If you have dual band Wi-Fi's on the systems and if the Cisco units >> > support >> > it you might want to try switching to A instead of using B, G or N. I >> > know >> > a lot of if's but it should help and your neighbors would most likely >> > not >> > even see your signal (A band anyway). Other than that go with Micheal's >> > suggestion start the conversation with the building owner and get them >> > involved before you go to the neighbors. >> > >> > Jon >> > >> >> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 18:05:32 -0800 >> >> Subject: [NTSysADM] wifi in multitenant buildings? >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> To: [email protected] >> > >> >> >> >> All, >> >> >> >> I can't remember if I've asked this before - it's certainly been on my >> >> mind a bit lately. >> >> >> >> Until recently, we've been the main tenant in a medium-sized three >> >> story building, taking up most of the first floor, and all of the >> >> second floor, with a tenant occupying the north half of the third >> >> floor. (it's about 190,000sqft, of which we occupy around >> >> 100,000sqft). >> >> >> >> Now there are new tenants on the 1st floor, and the tenant on the >> >> third floor has expanded to both sides of the building, and they've >> >> each mounted their own wifi infrastructure - very understandable. >> >> >> >> However, the tenant on the 3rd floor seems to have completely revamped >> >> their infrastructure (they used to use Cisco) and have turned up the >> >> power quite a bit on their new Meraki units, and I'm starting get >> >> reports of our staff having a hard time connecting to our WAPs. >> >> >> >> We have 17 Cisco units (15x1240AG, and two newer units - I can't >> >> remember which model off the top of my head). >> >> >> >> It looks as if the 3rd floor tenant has a minimum of 9 Meraki units on >> >> the South side of the building - I haven't yet surveyed the North >> >> side. >> >> >> >> I'm looking online for strategies for managing wireless in this kind >> >> of environment, and not seeing much - probably using the wrong search >> >> terms. >> >> >> >> Aside from working with the landlord (which I plan on doing once I >> >> have a bit more understanding under my belt), what strategies >> >> (technical and business) have you seen employed to make such an >> >> environment "livable"? >> >> >> >> I'm pretty sure that simply turning up the power on our WAPs isn't >> >> going to be a winning strategy - it's probably just start a wifi war, >> >> and I'd prefer to avoid that. >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> >> >>
