We seem to be having more and more wireless interference from devices that are
not wireless routers/APs. HP printers and their obnoxious setup wireless are
becoming more common, and this semester we've seen a few devices using WiFi
Direct (basically an ad-hoc wireless network) - the PS4 has the
We have been a customer since 2012 (switched from Meru) and we currently
have 345 access points across 2 campuses. Our lease times for
Faculty/Staff SSID is 9 hours and our lease time for Student subnets is 5
hours. We are much happier with Aerohive than we were with Meru, but
Aerohive is not
+1 We have been absolutely plagued by interference this year. It's always
been manageable in the past...but not this year. The proliferation of
devices is mind-boggling. I have an idea that the only way to clean the air
in the residences is to turn off the power. The stuff running off
batteries,
Van,
You noted that certain access points are dropping DHCP packets. We were
experiencing the same thing with AP230’s (our only 802.11ac AP’s on campus).
If your issues is specific to AP230 models, I would be curious if your issues
are caused by the same as ours was: check your in-use /
Lee,
This was a GREAT article that shows what we’ve been preaching for years.
This year so far has been our worst to date.
S
*From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Hall, Rand
*Sent:* Monday, October 06,
Thanks. Kinda funny, I took a beating on Reddit for this. See
http://www.reddit.com/r/wireless/comments/2htize/wifi_as_we_know_it_is_doomed/
to be amused.
I think you’re either faced with these issues- trying to juggle a lot of
complicating factors and still delivering Wi-Fi that works and
As with others, we're pretty much stuck in a combination of awareness
campaigns followed by a foxhunt and knocking on doors.
Personally, I think one of the few things that can be done to save what's left
of the 2.4 band is to start putting pressure on the wifi alliance to withhold
(I've stumbled into that particular reddit a few times, but it's always struck
me as dominated by home users choosing between Netgear and Asus, and
enthusiasts working on tinfoil antennas. r/networking is much more useful,
once you get past the love affair with Ubiquiti.)
I think this Aruba
Well, your article ties in nicely to an idea I floated a couple of months ago
that didn’t get many comments from the group… Educause needs to have a
Higher-Ed Constituency group held at least one a year with the major
manufacturers in which highed-ed gets to bring up bugs and technical issues
My feedback: I’d be part of this in a heartbeat, and your intentions are
absolutely in the right place. My expectation: “industry” could give rat
droppings about the issues we’re dealing with. But if by some chance it goes
anywhere, I’m in, brother.
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues
Thanks! We have seen a problem with our AP370s¹ that is similar. I will
have to see if this is applicable.
Tim
From: Forrester, Matthew mforres...@berry.edu
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Date: Monday, October 6, 2014 at
This is a great presentation. I think we would be lucky for students
to get good performance while sitting still. Not even to mention
roaming. :)
One bit of good news: we are seeing clients move to 5 GHz more and
more. Our band interference issues will hopefully fade out more
quickly than we may
Let me start off by thanking everyone who attended the WIRELESS-LAN CG meeting
last week at the Annual Conference. We were lucky in getting a prime time
slot! We had a good crowd with many of the lists' discussion points being
tossed around. I'm still surprised how many people in Higher Ed
Our DHCP problem does seem to be specific to the AP230. All of the
Policing Rate Limits that I can find are greater than 0. I'll dig deeper
when I get back from my next meeting.
*Van K. Jones*
Network Support Manager
Mississippi College
P: 601.925.3493 | F: 601.925.3955
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