On 12/08/14 11:52, Tristan Gulyas wrote:
> We haven't had the need to explore this as yet.  We run two SSIDs, one
> for guest access and eduroam.  Most of our devices seem to be Apple
> devices which are reasonably successful at picking 5GHz over 2.4GHz.
> 
> We've found that band select seems to be behaving as advertised but we
> haven't investigated in depth.

We're a primarily Apple school, and I don't even have band select
enabled and 81% of my clients are on 5GHz. Most of our SSIDs are on 5GHz
and 2.4GHz, with the Guest SSID only on 2.4GHz in most places. We do
have 1 AP per classroom (yes, I know, it made sense when iPads only had
20Mhz/1SS 802.11n).

Which vendors offer 5GHz-only APs? Particularly with 802.11ac being 5GHz
only and performing best at short ranges, it seems like a great way to
provide fill-in coverage and performance, as well as staying within 803.3af.

-- 
James Andrewartha
Network & Projects Engineer
Christ Church Grammar School
Claremont, Western Australia
Ph. (08) 9442 1757
Mob. 0424 160 877

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