Hi, We're looking into this, too.
What's the best way to obtain data as to which clients are only 802.11b-capable on a Cisco environment? I do see a few connections at 802.11b data rates but we'd ideally like to know how many legacy devices out there that we have. Cheers, Tristan On 09/03/2013, at 8:22 AM, Alan Nord <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > <image001.png> > > > > Andy Page > > University of Notre Dame > > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[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/. > > ********** 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/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
