Most people don't use the 5 GHz band as it does not penetrate walls very well,
the distance it is usable is shorter, and almost any thing can interfere but
like I said it does still have a place in the sphere of things.
Jon
> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 16:44:34 -0800
> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] wifi in multitenant buildings?
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> 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
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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