Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of 5ghz clients

[Steve Hess]

We run around 1,000 simultaneous wireless users out of a pool of just under 2,000.  Student registration base is 37.5% Macintosh, 26% Windows, 25% iOS, with the rest being non-iOS cell phones, gaming devices, Linux, and "other".  We're an Aruba/Alcatel shop with band-steering enabled everywhere. For the past week.  Ethan Sommer wrote: Here's our breakdown: G 190 195 723 A 5 5 N 115 528 2.4 N 413 Total 723 G 190 603 723 2.4 N 413 A 5 120 5 N 115 Total 723 We run arubas and don't have bandsteering turned on in most locations. In locations with band steering off, we have almost no 5ghz usage.  In our new academic build, where I turned on band steering, I think we have almost 4:1 in favor of 5ghz. (but most of those are probably faculty apple or lenovo laptops that I know have 5ghz.) I guess we should experiment with turning band steering on in more places. Ethan On 09/27/2011 10:05 AM, Marcelo Lew wrote: We do run one SSID (abgn) to make it simpler for end users.  Attached is the pie graph of what we see on our campus with a/b/g/n pretty much everywhere, about 8500 users.  Looks like it matches what you guys are seeing also. Marcelo Lew Wireless Enterprise Administrator University Technology Services University of Denver Desk: (303) 871-6523 Cell: (303) 669-4217 Fax:  (303) 871-5900 Email: m...@du.edu   From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hanson, Mike Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disappointing numbers of 5ghz clients   Do you all run the a/n and g/n bands on the same ssid? I see that Jen does, I am just wondering if that is the most common way to use the dual bands in same location.   Thank you.   Mike Hanson Network Security Manager The College of St. Scholastica Duluth, MN On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Jennifer Francis Wilson <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. ********** 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/. -- Ethan Sommer Associate Director of Core Services Gustavus Technology Services somm...@gustavus.edu 507-933-7042 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -- ----------------------------- Steve Hess Network Administrator Wheaton College Phone: 508-286-3404 Fax: 508-286-8270 ----------------------------- ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.