On Sep 28, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Christopher Wieringa wrote: > So if you haven't pulled the trigger on dropping 802.11b support yet, it may > be a good time to consider doing both.
This has come up on the lists before. Sounded like a good idea to us at the time (we weren't worried about old devices), and we asked Aruba about making the switch. We were pretty high up the chain with Aruba TAC and they turned the feature back on while troubleshooting another issue. They said that it was best to leave b compatibility on. The main reason they gave that I couldn't refute was that we weren't "designed" for high-speed g- or n-only deployment because our APs were too far apart (the coverage area would drop with the higher speeds, causing pockets that might not get any/acceptable signal). I took their word for it (the guys I was talking to knew way more than me), and our APs are spaced out pretty far (we have a small deployment as we're a K-12 doing this on the cheap). I'd like to turn b off and get the speed benefits, but I'm not sure what I need to do to qualify for it. So, for those of you (especially on Aruba) who have killed b, did you need to do anything special to get there besides throw the switch in the config? Did you already have a "proper" dense deployment that would support the higher speeds? How dense do you have to get (are there objective measurements I can take myself)? I don't have the $$$ for a full site survey right now, but I'd like to make improvements where I can... Thanks, Jason -- Jason Healy | [email protected] | http://www.logn.net/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
