We too were thinking of disabling the B rates. But I read (post below) that some people run into Apple devices dropping connection when they did this so I am still looking at this.
Post: If you're using Cisco one thing to check is that the MCS0 data rate is enabled. I had a lot of problems with Macs and iThings dropping after I disabled the 802.11b rates and MCS0. Per TAC's suggestion I re-enabled the MCS0 rate and have not been experiencing the problems since. Apparently it has to do with the OS dropping the data rate to MCS0 to save power, but not checking if that rate is supported before doing it. Randy Ethridge Network Engineer V Information Services Eastern Illinois University [email protected] Office Ph. 217-581-7640 Proud to say "I am EIU" EIU THINKS GREEN: Before printing this e-mail think if it is necessary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd M. Hall" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:54:59 AM Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disabling 802.11b speeds This has been discussed in the past, but it has been a long time. We're at the point that we have to turn off the lower connection rates on our campus. I'm curious what other schools have done and the positive/negative results from the changes. We have disabled 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps in some of our buildings with great success, but some might argue to just eliminate 1 & 2 Mbps rates. Also, I'd be interested to hear from schools that have not disabled these rates and why not. -- Todd M. Hall Sr. Network Analyst Information Technology Services Mississippi State University [email protected] ********** 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/.
