I think that is there is a need for it, it will be in highly specific locations and uses. It is definitely not an issue for the general population.
I applaud Cisco for working on a way to up the bandwidth over existing cabling, as that is obviously an ideal solution for most of us. Particularly because I never saw the justification, price or otherwise, for running 2 cables to an AP on the off chance that one day we'll need to use both for it to operate properly. Having to double the needed patch panels, cabling, and switches in the closet is reason enough not to do it. Also, considering that we'll need to use 160Mhz channels to get to these speeds, I can't imagine too many of us having that configuration as the default configuration. Great for someone's home where there's no co-channel interference, not as much for the enterprise. -Patrick From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hinson, Matthew P Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 1GBE as a bottleneck to APs? I've seen a few articles here and there regarding possible solutions for "the gigabit bottleneck" as it pertains to .11ac access points. Said solutions include Cisco's forthcoming protocols for 2.5G and 5G over CAT5 cabling as well as LACP'ing two gigabit ports per switch and AP as some vendors suggest... My question for the group is: Has anyone actually seen a throughput issue using gigabit to the edge? Certainly your distribution layer gear could be a limitation if it's not specced correctly, but I've just never seen a situation where I've wished for more than 1000BASE-T to an AP. Our fastest 802.11ac access points can "only" hit 600-700mbit/s real TCP throughput, and that's in ideal, almost laboratory conditions. Thoughts? Thank you! Matthew Hinson Network Operations ********** 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/.
