+1 We have been absolutely plagued by interference this year. It's always been manageable in the past...but not this year. The proliferation of devices is mind-boggling. I have an idea that the only way to clean the air in the residences is to turn off the power. The stuff running off batteries, for the most part, play nice.
Wi-Fi is doomed: http://wirednot.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/wi-fi-as-we-know-it-is-doomed/ Rand Rand P. Hall Director, Network Services askIT! Merrimack College 978-837-3532 rand.h...@merrimack.edu If I had an hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and five minutes finding solutions. – Einstein On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Thomas Carter <tcar...@austincollege.edu> wrote: > We seem to be having more and more wireless interference from devices that > are not wireless routers/APs. HP printers and their obnoxious setup > wireless are becoming more common, and this semester we've seen a few > devices using WiFi Direct (basically an ad-hoc wireless network) - the PS4 > has the ability to connect to other Sony devices, and Roku players that > used WiFi for its remote control. > > This forks from the "FCC just declared WLAN quarantine features illegal" > thread, but how are you dealing with these other forms of wireless > interference. We've essentially had to resort back to physically locating > them and knocking on doors. We printed up an information sheet to slide > under doors, and communicate with residential staff, but it seems to have > mediocre success. We've also tried to communicate to students that the > cause of slow wireless is most likely interference from other devices in an > attempt to utilize peer pressure as well. Unfortunately it seems to all be > very time consuming to track down and communcate. > > Thomas Carter > Network and Operations Manager > Austin College > 903-813-2564 > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
