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. > > -- > 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/.<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/. **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Alan Nord, CCNA**** > > Network Administrator > Information Technology Services > Macalester College > 1600 Grand Avenue > St. Paul, MN 55105 **** > > ********** 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/. > > -- Alan Nord, CCNA Network Administrator Information Technology Services Macalester College 1600 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
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