We have never received a request for 802.11a and most laptops do not support it built-in. It may be a better technology but for a University that has to support customers who supply their own equipment in does not make sense.
Also, Cisco and maybe other vendors (we are a Cisco shop) are using the "a" frequency to inter-connect access points where hard wired Ethernet is unavailable (mesh technology). For example a light pole in a parking lot. Martin D. Flagg Network Engineer/Administrator -----Original Message----- From: Daniel R Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11a CU-Boulder is significantly expanding wireless in student and academic areas. The question has been raised about support of 802.11a. Even though our new access points support 802.11a it may not necessary make sense to deploy the technology. For those who have adopted 802.11a could you answer the following questions: 1) How much usage of 802.11a do you have vs 802.11b/g? 2) Do you have coverage of 802.11a in all locations where you also have 802.11a or is it provided for specific applications? 3) Has 802.11a generated additional support calls? Regards, Dan Jones University of Colorado at Boulder ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
