Jason, Thanks for the reply. Actually the link you mention is what got me going on this in the first place. Our downtown campus is situated in a very busy urban environment - hotels, coffee shops, apartments, you name it. Several places in the building can see 25+ SSIDs, of which only 3 are ours. I’ve done as much tuning as I can to limit co-channel interference on 2.4, the minimum data rate is 12 (I could boost to 24 I suppose), so I’m just looking for more tricks to try.
- Craig > On May 26, 2016, at 6:38 PM, Jason Cook <jason.c...@adelaide.edu.au> wrote: > > My understanding is you really don’t want to be playing with this, perhaps if > all other avenues have been exhausted it can be investigated…. > > Reduce your SSID’s, disable lower data rates, reduce co-channel AP’s (your > own and neighbours) > > If you haven’t seen it play with this tool (Changing the beacon Rate shows > the variations) > http://www.revolutionwifi.net/revolutionwifi/p/ssid-overhead-calculator.html > <http://www.revolutionwifi.net/revolutionwifi/p/ssid-overhead-calculator.html> > > > -- > Jason Cook > Technology Services > The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 > Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 > > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Britton Anderson > Sent: Friday, 27 May 2016 10:10 AM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Beacon Intervals > > Hey Craig, > > It really depends on how dense your environment is. Keep in mind, the longer > your beacon interval, the slower the roaming time clients take between APs. > In my mind, the overhead that beacons introduce is far less of an issue than > mobile clients dropping connections when they're roaming through the network. > Especially considering the vast majority of cell carriers using WiFi calling > now. > > --Britton > > > > Britton Anderson <mailto:blanders...@alaska.edu> | > Senior Network Communications Specialist | > University of Alaska <http://www.alaska.edu/oit> | > 907.450.8250 > > > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Craig Simons <craigsim...@sfu.ca > <mailto:craigsim...@sfu.ca>> wrote: > Hello Group, > > On most vendor products that I’ve seen, the beacon intervals for SSIDs by > default are set to ~100ms. Has anyone gone to the lengths of increasing this > default in an effort to combat overhead? > > - Craig > > > > SFU > SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY > Network Services > Craig Simons > Network Operations Manager > > Phone: 778-782-8036 <tel:778-782-8036> > Cell: 604-649-7977 <tel:604-649-7977> > Email: craigsim...@sfu.ca <mailto:craigsim...@sfu.ca> > Twitter: simonscraig <http://www.twitter.com/simonscraig> > > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ <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/ <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/ <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/.
