I'd argue that in a in campus environment, the only way to properly turn off 802.11b is to promote the newer standards and hope that people don't come campus with older 802.11b devices.
But in a school environment 802.11b, as far as speed goes, is better than nothing which is what a poor student will have if you turn it off. Supporting it doesn't take anything away unless you have b devices on the AP (or neighboring APs on the same channel as Debbie points out). So the trick is to promote the newer technology (which is what vendors do for you anyway :) For a highly managed enterprise that has corporate standards and equipment refresh, not supporting 802.11b makes some sense (although I'd still support it to provide the widest compatibility). ... Jonn Martell, CWNE, CWNT On 11/28/07, Dennis Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone stopped supporting 802.11b in your network? Any issues with that? > Got a lots of complains? Thanks! > > > > Dennis Xu > > Network Analyst(CCS) > > University of Guelph > > 5198244120 x 56217 > > ********** 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/.
