We are testing a practice of having the 5GHz N package have a separate
SSID - one with "-N" to try and focus on the higher bandwidth. Results
have been mixed due the issue of seeing the stronger signal as well.
Harry Rauch Sr. Network Analyst Eckerd College 4200 - 54th Ave S St.
Petersburg, FL 33711
On 9/26/11 10:14 AM, Brian Helman wrote:
I think the newer Macs and iOS devices are dual band. The problem is
you can't tell them which band to use, so they connect to the
strongest signal. Unfortunately, that doesn't always mean the
"better" signal.
-Brian
*From:*The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Coehoorn, Joel
*Sent:* Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:11 AM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of 5ghz clients
There was another thread on this same listserv -a month or two back
basically complaining about the lack of consumer laptops with 5ghz
radios. When your average student or parent goes to buy a laptop for
college, pretty much everything they see is still 2.4Ghz. Even if
they're looking for 5Ghz (and few do), most laptops just advertise for
b/g/n and don't otherwise tell you what spectrum it will use. The
result is exactly what you're seeing: the cleaner 5Ghz band is barely
used, and students complain about throughput on 2.4Ghz. Hopefully by
next year's buying season we're seeing more 5Ghz laptops in the
market, but even then it will take a while before your upperclassmen
have the technology.
Joel Coehoorn
IT Director
402.363.5603
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Jennifer Francis Wilson
<jfwils...@uclan.ac.uk <mailto:jfwils...@uclan.ac.uk>> wrote:
Anyone happy with the numbers of 5ghz clients connecting to their
networks, compared to 2.4ghz clients?
I'm only seeing around 25% of clients on 5ghz, despite having a decent
density of dual radio 2.4/5ghz APs with band select switched on.
A reasonable percentage of the 5ghz clients are from laptops we loan
out which we know connect to 5ghz most of the time.
Most clients seem to either not be 5ghz capable or their wireless
NICs/drivers aren't choosing the 5ghz signal.
(we have 802.11n on both 2.4 and 5ghz, with 20mhz channels on 5ghz and
use the same ssids on both bands)
Jen.
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