Lee: What is the expected performance gain if you do not use 80 MHz channels?
John On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote: > Hi Frans- > > I haven't chosen 80 MHz at all- but am wondering if anyone has played with > it in prod or test to see what RRM etc will do with it- if anyone has > slewed the DFS thing to get the extra channels etc. Just seeing who may be > doing what- not advocating for it or declaring that I have gone this way. > > -Lee > > > Lee H. Badman > Network Architect/Wireless TME > ITS, Syracuse University > 315.443.3003 > > ________________________________________ > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [ > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] on behalf of Frans Panken [ > frans.pan...@surfnet.nl] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 5:55 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] And so it begins... 11ac- are you using 80 MHz > channels yet? > > Hi Lee, > Bold indeed. Is performance your main rationale for choosing 80 Mhz > channels? Are the channels set statically or do the APs fall back to 40 > Mhz or 20 Mhz channels if interference is detected? Otherwise, choosing > 80 Mhz channels compromises the support of 802.11a and 802.11n clients > on the 802.11ac APs. By choosing 80 Mhz, the number of non-overlapping > channels reduces to 2, right? Are you using 11ac as an overlay for 11n > coverage? Many questions as a response on question, but I wonder about > your rationales for choosing 80 Mhz channels. > -Frans > > On Tue Jan 7 17:07:52 2014, Lee H Badman wrote: > > For the bold among us that have started with 11ac, are you yet running > > 80 MHz channels? Also, what channels have you made available in 5 GHz? > > Finally, any issues noted with RRM (or whatever your own WLAN vendor > > calls autochannel/autopower) with 11ac? > > > > Thanks- > > > > Lee Badman > > > > ********** 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/. > -- John Kaftan IT Infrastructure Manager Utica College ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
