Our pilot deployment included four APs in a single fairly-small building. If I recall correctly, I put the two in the middle of the building on channels 1 and 11, with the two further out, one on ch8 (nearest the AP on ch1) and one on ch4 (nearest the AP on ch11). I'm pretty sure these were only doing 802.11b, so even where the interference was low, the performance was modest, and nobody yet expected anything better.... Essentially, I tried to take advantage of physical separation where I couldn't rely on channel separation. (These days, we use Aruba, and generally let it try to find a selection of channels for minimal interference.) David Gillett, CISSP CCNP
_____ From: Lee H Badman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 07:34 To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 4-channels in 2.4 GHz With no intent to open a conversational can 'o worms, I'm curious if anyone is running a 4-channel plan on their production WLANs, that is willing to share their opinions and experiences on the topic. Thanks- Lee Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer, ITS Adjunct Instructor, iSchool Syracuse University 315.443.3003 ********** 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/.
