Would be a good one to submit to MetaGeek to include in their Channelyzer 
signatures.

-Lee Badman

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Sweetser
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 2:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] xbox one controllers spectrum usage


Definitely not crazy at all - I found a single Xbox that was crippling the 
entire 2.4 band in one of our fraternity houses.  I just wish I had known 
about that article back when we found the damned thing!

Anybody want to host a site where we can submit our spectrum analysis 
snapshots of this kind of garbage?  If nothing else it should make for an 
entertaining read now and then =)

Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu    |  For every problem, there is a solution that
Manager of Network Operations   |  is simple, elegant, and wrong.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |           - HL Mencken

On 02/26/2014 01:56 PM, Barber, Matt wrote:
> I am sorry that you are having to deal with this issue, but every time it
> comes up I feel a little less crazy. I worked with Network World on reporting
> the same issue with the Xbox 360 back in 2008:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/011108-microsoft-xbox-wireless-signal.html
> Microsoft declined to comment, even though I was absolutely sure of what I was
> seeing. **
>
> **
>
> Here is a screenshot from Cognio back then. The big swath of blue space is
> when I pulled the plug on the console.
> http://people.morrisville.edu/~barbermj/xboxspectrogram.JPG
>
> Sadly, I don't really have much to recommend. The 360 controllers only showed
> up in 2.4 GHz, so seeing them up in the 5 GHz might make this an even bigger
> issue. Performance can be fairly poor when you have a hallway full of Xboxen.
>
> *Matt Barber '06*
>
> Network and Systems Manager
>
> Morrisville State College
>
> 315-684-6053
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hurt,Trenton W.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 1:34 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] xbox one controllers spectrum usage
>
> I don't see them in PI 1.4, with wlc ver. 7.4, 7.5, or 7.6.  At least not
> reporting as a clean air event.   Guessing might need some kind of clean air
> signature update.  I do see quite a few ad-hoc rogues in PI beginning with
> 62:45:b0 though.    I was actually onsite in a student room running troubles
> and I was seeing this weird non broadcast network.  I was able to track it to
> another student's room where the xbox one was at.
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andy Page
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:57 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] xbox one controllers spectrum usage
>
> It's nice to see our counterparts at U of L having so much fun working hard.
>
> Thanks for sharing this. Prime Infrastructure shows access points picking up
> on xbox's frequently. I assume we would see a similar pattern from the other
> console controllers?
>
> Andy
>
> --
> Andy Page
> Network Design Professional
>
> Member, ND Wireless Institute
> University of Notre Dame
> 574.631.6592
>
>
> Go  Irish!
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Hurt,Trenton W.
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:52 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] xbox one controllers spectrum usage
>
> If you see any weird non broadcast wifi networks with mac beginning in
> 62:45:b0 look for xbox one in area.  The controllers appear to connect on a
> random UNII 1 channel.    This is pic of spectrum when controller in use.
>
> https://apps.fcc.gov/tcb/GetTcb731Report.do?applicationId=625076&fcc_id=C3K1537àfcc
> id for the xbox one controller
>
> cid:[email protected]
>
> Trenton Hurt, CWNA, CWSP, CCNP(W), CCNA(W), CCNA(V), CCNA(R/S)
>
> Wireless Network Administrator
>
> University of Louisville
>
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>
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