Thanks for the quick responses.  I like the idea of using client band
select so I am going to go the same route as many of you and disable the
specific data rates.  Going to give Andy's config a try.

Thanks again!


On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Palmer J.D.F. <[email protected]>wrote:

>  Unless something has changed then I understand this is the way to do it
> if you intend to use Band Select, as Band Select makes it mandatory for all
> bands/Radio Policies to be enabled.****
>
> So you enable all Radio Policies (inc .11b), but disable the .11b speeds.*
> ***
>
> ** **
>
> From the footnotes of WLAN > ‘SSID Name’ > Advanced on the controller
> management GUI.****
>
> 8. Band Select is configurable only when Radio Policy is set to 'All'.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks,****
>
> Jezz.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andy Page
> *Sent:* 08 March 2013 19:08
>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disabling 802.11b speeds****
>
>  ** **
>
> We only went with the option of turning off the data rates, so I can’t
> attest to what your consultant is telling you, but the way we did it worked
> exactly as we intended. Here’s a look at the settings from one of our
> controllers.****
>
> ** **
>
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> Andy Page****
>
> University of Notre Dame****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [
> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>]
> *On Behalf Of *Alan Nord
> *Sent:* Friday, March 08, 2013 1:53 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disabling 802.11b speeds****
>
> ** **
>
> Sorry to drum up an old thread, but I am contemplating disabling 802.11b.
>  We have not had any users on 'b' in the last 6 months and are confident
> about turning it off.  One question I do have for those of you that use
> Cisco controllers, is how are you turning 'b' off?  I talked to a network
> consultant and they said to go into each WLAN and set the "Radio Policy"
> option to "802.11a/g Only" and that would take care of it.  It looks like
> most in this thread change the data rates to disabled under Wireless >
> 802.11b/g/n > Network.  I am curious to know which method is better and
> what your settings look like.  We are running code line 7.0 but will be
> upgrading to 7.2 soon if that makes a difference.****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks,****
>
> Alan****
>
> ** **
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jeffrey Sessler <[email protected]>
> wrote:****
>
> So if you have a dense deployment of AP's, then leaving the lower rates
> enabled should not present an issue - at least I've not seen one.
> Additionally, as my campus is 75% Macintosh, they tend to connect at 5GHz,
> so I don't mind having the lower rates enabled in 2.4GHz to help out all
> the gaming devices and such.****
>
>  ****
>
> Jeff****
>
>
>
> >>> On Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 5:54 AM, in message <
> [email protected]>, "Todd M. Hall" <
> [email protected]> wrote:****
>
> 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.
>
> --
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> Sr. Network Analyst
> Information Technology Services
> Mississippi State University
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> Information Technology Services
> Macalester College
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