Hi Karl-
Thanks for that. I probably should have been more clear- looking for data rate
(or MCS in 11n) trending, not just lump protocol counts though they have value.
-Lee
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Karl von Zittwitz
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Betr.: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of
5ghz clients
Lee,
Just run a clinet summary report from your WCS and that will give you the
information that you are looking for.
Karl
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Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:25 PM
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Now I'm getting curious. We have had 1 and 2 Mbps disabled for years and are
contemplating also pulling the plug on 5.5 and maybe 11.
We have Cisco WCS, and I'm struggling to find a meaningful way to quantify
whether the lower rates are being used and to what extent, without hopping
through hundreds of clients individually to see what they are at. Has anyone
found any sort of data rate trending/reporting mechanism to use as you turn off
legacy rates?
Regards-
Lee Badman
Lee H. Badman
Wireless/Network Engineer
Information Technology and Services
Adjunct Instructor, iSchool
Syracuse University
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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Betr.: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of
5ghz clients
You can't turn off 11b if you need to support wireless game consoles. On our
Aruba system, we turned off 1 2 Mbit transmit rates, but we needed to list 2
as a basic rate, primarily for Nintendo gaming systems. We have 5.5 Mbit turned
on for Transmit Basic rates.
This allows some performance improvement, while still permitting some 11b
gaming consoles designed for consumer networks.
Bruce Osborne
Wireless Network Engineer
IT Network Services
(434) 592-4229
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From: Voll, Toivo [mailto:to...@usf.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Betr.: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of 5ghz clients
You're correct, getting rid of not only 802.11b but also the lower data rates
of g/a is absolutely a must for any area that has high client density or
bandwidth requirements. However, in some select locations and applications
there's too much organizational inertia / money tied in custom systems to allow
us to discontinue a service that's been previously provided, so here and there
we'll still support it. (Also, see previous Ticketmaster thread...)
-Toivo
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Betr.: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of 5ghz
clients
Toivo,
You might want to consider to shut off 802.11b, it takes away valuable
'airtime' from the rest of your clients by slowing down potentially all of your
AP's with management and beacon frames only for 13 clients..
We did it via our captive portal, informing our clients about this.
Most devices were from our organisation so the users were happy to get better
gear.
best regards, Kees.
Voll, Toivo to...@usf.edu 9/28/2011 5:36 PM
And here's ours. We're mostly dual-band, but not all N, and Band Select is
enabled. Note the number of 802.11b clients.
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Toivo Voll
Network Administrator
Information Technology Communications
University of South Florida
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