We shape at the internet pipe as well... we only shape when user loads dictate it, then we extend a per user bandwidth contract for the affected AP's
-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Sam Stelfox Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:05 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] wireless per user bandwidth control with 11n We kind of do... We shape the bandwidth of all of our student subnets at our internet pipe. Internal bandwidth is only limited by the speed of the link. Sam Stelfox Network Administrator Vermont Technical College Dennis Xu wrote: > We have been doing per user bandwidth control (1.5Mbps) for years (just > increased it to 3M this fall). As we are installing new 11n APs for mixed > deployment with legacy clients, this bandwidth cap would disappoint 11n > users. I want to ask the group: > > 1. Do you still use per user bandwidth control for 11n deployment? If you do, > what is the your bandwidth cap? > 2. If you don't apply bandwidth control, do you see any problems? > > Thanks, > > Dennis Xu > Network Analyst > Computing and Communication Services > 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/.
