Chris, I have a question about the AP250, but may be a question about MU-MIMO more generally. So, all things being equal, would a 5Ghz 802.11ac device/client see any benefit from a Wave 2 AP or would that device/client have to have an upgraded/new 802.11ac 5Ghz Wave 2 chip to see a benefit?
Thanks, *Larry Dougher* Chief Information Officer Information Technology Services <http://its.wsesu.net> Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union <http://wsesu.net> 127 State Street, Windsor, VT 05089 Email <[email protected]> | Google+ <http://goo.gl/gEAdt> | Twitter <http://twitter.com/larrydougher> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/larrydougher> | 802.674.8336 On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Chris Adams (IT) <[email protected]> wrote: > I echo Jeremy’s sentiment – our experience with band-steering has been > overwhelmingly positive. We are also not (currently) using DFS channels – > but may be revisiting this soon. I’d estimate almost 2/3 of our 2.4ghz > radios are disabled. > > > > I am very happy to see the new Aerohive AP250 has a SDR with the option of > disabling the 2.4ghz radio in favor of having 2x 5ghz radios. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris Adams > > > > Director, Network & Telecom Services > > Division of Information Technology > > University of North Georgia > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Gibbs > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 6, 2016 1:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Turning off 2.4 on a select SSID? > > > > I find the opposite to be true with band steering. If we turn it off, the > majority of our clients won't connect to 5 Ghz, even if they are right > above an AP. This causes lots of disconnect problems and congestion in the > 2.4 Ghz spectrum. Turning band steering on fixes the problem for us. > > > > > > *--Jeremy L. Gibbs* > > Sr. Network Engineer > Utica College IITS > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Turner, Ryan H <[email protected]> > wrote: > > All, > > > > This is probably a fool’s errand, but we are debating experimenting with > turning off the 2.4 spectrum on our eduroam SSID on parts of campus that > have a dense 5 gig coverage. We’ve always positioned eduroam as the > premium SSID, and left a WPA2-PSK SSID for all the rest that don’t support > advanced EAP methods. We are debating trying this in just the IT building > to start (see how many people scream). Has anyone done anything like > this? The goals would be to continually remove traffic from the garbage > bands, hopefully increasing client performance. Band steering isn’t very > good. > > > > Thanks, > > Ryan Turner > > The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > [email protected] > > ********** 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/. > ********** 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/.
