Meru's recommendation is a building at time.
There are differences between the handling of Meru's Virtual Cell technology
with the a/b/g (AP 200) and the N (AP 300) AP's.
You can still use the same ESSID for both radios, you just need to put the
300's in what Meru calls a separate "ESS profile" from the AP 208's.
This means that there will be a hard hand-off between the 208's and the 300's
rather than utilizing Meru's virtual cell roaming.
What we are doing for our wireless expansion is replacing the 208's with 300's
if we have to install 50% more AP's in the building. We are then using the
surplus 208's to finish covering buildings where we are installing < 50% more
AP's in the building. We will replace those 208's on our next refresh cycle.
-Neil
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Neil Johnson
Network Engineer
Information Technology Services
The University of Iowa
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Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Fwd: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n phased deployment
approaches
I should have been more specific - I was talking about Meru ...sorry about that!
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Subject:
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n phased deployment approaches
Date:
Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:02:10 -0400
From:
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I agree with Jim...I think you can do it, it's just more work and more
room for error
For example, if you are going to have APs within hearing distance of
each other with different band configurations (like b/g vs b/g/n) they
need to be on separate ESS profiles
at least that's my understanding...
Caroline Owens
Networking and Telecommunications
Saint Joseph's University
On 6/3/2010 10:42 AM, James F Eyrich wrote:
> With Meru it is strongly suggested to do entire buildings at a time.
>
> Beyond Meru's suggestions based on how their tech works I still think
> it is a good idea.
>
> User experience would be consistent for the whole building instead of
> only having better connections in the strategic locations.
>
> I also have concerns if bonded channels are deployed on N near
> standard A APs.
>
> -jim
>
>
>
> On 6/3/2010 9:03 AM, Steve Hess wrote:
>> For anyone who has done a phased deployment of 802.11n gear to
>> replace b/g/a, what have you found to be most effective, a whole
>> building (or floor perhaps) approach or putting N in strategic
>> locations with nearby b/g/a AP's? Any gotcha's or learning
>> experience with either approach? We're an Alcatel (Aruba) shop so
>> direct experience with that gear would be great.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>>
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>> -
>> Steve Hess
>> Network Administrator
>> Wheaton College
>> Phone: 508-286-3404
>> Fax: 508-286-8270
>> -
>>
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