We supplied wi-fi to Interop this year where 60% of all clients connecting were 11a. We're seeing the same stats at the ITU in Geneva during the world radio congress last month.
Del'Oro indicated the majority shipping of tri-mode or 11a stations occured in June of 06. Regards, Jon 303-808-2666 -----Original Message----- From: Frank Bulk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 06:05 PM Pacific Standard Time To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n Draft 2.0 For those organizations that are risk-averse and/or price conscious, the best choice may be deploying 802.11b/g everywhere now (in positions where an 802.11n AP could be dropped in later) and then upgrading to 802.11n in 2-3 years. This best applies to those who have no wireless today. If you're wondering why I skipped dual-radio/dual-mode APs that support 802.11a, it's because it's going to add $100+ per AP. Yes, 802.11a is growing, but it's predominately an 802.11b/g client world today upgrading to dual-band 802.11n. Frank -----Original Message----- From: Philippe Hanset [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:58 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n Draft 2.0 Lee, It's all about be willing to pay the price of being an early adopter! Is it better to deploy an early 802.11n today and deal with the consequences (two cat5, two 802.3af ports, I wonder if you can etherchannel two 100 Mbps ports for each AP since you bring two cat5 anyway!) or wait for a later 802.11n with 802.3at for power (one cable) and by that time change your HP procurve 10/100 to Gig Switches anyway! Meanwhile deploy a cheap 802.11g infrastructure. In our case we still deploy 802.11g networks, while waiting for "n" and "at" to settle down (we will have n in a few "advanced building" as pilots) In a world where people downgrade OSes to the previous one, I wouldn't worry too much about being bleeding edge ;-) Philippe Hanset University of Tennessee ---------------------------------- On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Lee Weers wrote: > We are looking at a campus wide wireless deployment, and my supervisor is pushing for a complete Cisco 1252 with N draft 2.0 capability. We would have about a total of 250 to 300 AP's in full deployment. Our wired infrastructure is currently 100% Procurve with about 90% of it being 10/100 switched. I'd like to know what other schools are doing with 802.11n. > > Thank you, > > Lee Weers > Assistant Director for Network Services > Central College IT Services > (641) 628-7675 > > > ********** > 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/. ********** 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/.
