We use Aerohive and it's band steering does a pretty good job of making sure most 5ghz devices are connected at 5ghz. We average 50-70% of our clients connect at 5ghz.
Justin Dover Harpeth Hall School 615-200-0426 www.harpethhall.org My Calendar <http://dover.youcanbook.me/> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 6:18 AM, Jason Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Norman > > We are definitely going to work a bit more with trying to keep just the 1 > SSID based on responses, starting the process now gives us heaps of time to > explore options before 2015. No one so far has come back with similar > issues that we are experiencing so it suggests we should be able to resolve > this without another SSID. > > -- > Jason Cook > The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 > Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 > e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Norman Elton > Sent: Tuesday, 19 August 2014 3:10 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSID Naming & 5ghz > > Just a heads up, we had W-M_Wireless and W-M_Wireless_Turbo. People > figured out that the turbo network was faster. We thought that was a little > more transparent than "premium". > > We eventually abandoned the idea, as most clients were correctly choosing > the 5 GHz radios anyway. In addition, clients had to be set to prefer your > turbo network. This wasn't always the case. > > I don't think think the second SSID really helped the overall adoption of > 5 GHz. Hopefully your mileage will vary :) > > Norman Elton > College of William & Mary > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:56 AM, Jason Cook <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks Bruce, > > > > > > > > Cisco. We disabled band select a few years ago, but from some replies > > so far it might be worth a try again. > > > > > > > > Time to start some testing. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jason Cook > > > > The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 > > > > Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 > > > > e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Osborne, > > Bruce W (Network Services) > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2014 9:04 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSID Naming & 5ghz > > > > > > > > You do not say what wireless vendor you use. > > > > > > > > We find Aruba’s Client Match & Bans Steering work quite well to steer > > clients to 5GHz and less used APs. > > > > > > > > Bruce Osborne > > > > Network Engineer – Wireless Team > > > > IT Network Services > > > > > > > > (434) 592-4229 > > > > > > > > LIBERTY UNIVERSITY > > > > Training Champions for Christ since 1971 > > > > > > > > From: Jason Cook [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 2:33 AM > > Subject: SSID Naming & 5ghz > > > > > > > > HI All, > > > > > > > > I’m sure I’ve seen discussions like this but can’t seem find any. > > > > > > > > Has anyone gone down the path of creating 5ghz only SSID’s simply to > > get around the issue of devices connecting at 2.4ghz even though they > > support 5ghz? We find this occurs a lot and in the dense environments > > users have a pretty average time using 2.4 or swapping between 2.4 and > > 5. So far in testing having a 5ghz only SSID has helped a lot. > > > > > > > > This unfortunately provides another SSID in the air, but the benefits > > should be worth it. > > > > Currently we have > > > > UofA (primary SSID) > > > > UofA-help (open SSID with web-redirect to guides/documentation) > > > > eduroam > > > > We are looking at creating > > > > UofA Premium > > > > Or a different word(gold, Ultra, platinum etc), just something that > > makes someone want to use it if they see it. The current workaround > > uses UofA 5ghz, however a technical name isn’t the best idea as it > > means nothing to most users. > > > > > > > > So has anyone else taken this path? What naming did you use, anything > > that seems less bland that premium would be goodJ > > > > > > > > Apart from that has anyone successfully worked around the issue of > > devices connecting at 2.4ghz despite being 5ghz capable using another > method? > > Cisco’s Band Select doesn’t impress. Some devices can be configured to > > prefer 5ghz, but this is very limited. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Jason Cook > > > > Technology Services > > > > The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 > > > > Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 > > > > e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > > CRICOS Provider Number 00123M > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains > > information which may be confidential and/or copyright. 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