The gist of the article is just adjusting the Minimum data rate does not affect the beacon rate or the coverage area.
This is already a solved issue in enterprise (HP/Aruba, at least) wireless systems. We set the beacon rate per RF band, SSID. According to the CLI guide it is not recommended, but we have used this to optimize coverage & performance The wlan ssid-profile commands are a-beacon-rate & g-beacon-rate. Our current standard here at Liberty University is to set both to 12 except in a few cases. We actually have an SSID on only one AP to support an executive’s TV that needs 1 & 2. Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Network Services - Wireless (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Samuel Clements [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 3:41 PM Subject: Re: 802.11b data rates disabled? Timely blog post on this subject over at: https://robrobstation.com/2016/06/22/setting-minimum-data-rates-read-this-first/ -Sam On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Trenton Hurt <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: It's 2.4 b/g/n for actually network connectivity but it doesn't require the legacy data rates to connect. This is the wifi chipset in it http://pdf.datasheetarchive.com/indexerfiles/Datasheets-EC3/DSAQ00337826.pdf The thing to watch out for on the wii u is that the console and controller use miracast on a random 5GHz channel. It does display mirroring of the game to the controller and causes very high channel utilization on that channel will console is in use. Upwards of 60% On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, Adam Forsyth <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Wii is the most mentioned issue that people are mentioning that they encountered with turning off B rates (and that's the one I've feared and has made me hesitant to do this on our network). Using a wired port instead is sometimes mentioned as a work around but that doesn't work for us in two of our residence halls that are wireless only and don't have wired ports. For those that have wireless only residence halls and have disabled B rates, do you just say Wii's are not supported and there is no work around? Also, I don't think they have sold many of them, but does any one know if the Wii U solved this problem of B rates being required or if it has the same problem? On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 9:17 AM, Kanan E Simpson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes, I know. We still had some students using the Wii to stream Netflix. Maybe this fall, they will have new updated devices. :) Kanan Simpson, CWNA, JNCIA Network Services Specialist Information Technology Division Valdosta State University -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services) Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:03 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11b data rates disabled? Really? Nintendo dropped Wii & DS support & closed the online store in 2014. Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Network Services - Wireless (434) 592-4229<tel:%28434%29%20592-4229> LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 -----Original Message----- From: Kanan E Simpson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 12:03 PM Subject: Re: 802.11b data rates disabled? We disabled the 11b rates last summer. For the most part, we didn't have too many complaints. The complaints that we received was from the students that own the legacy Wii. All though the devices support 11g, it must see the SSID broadcasted at a 11b (1mbps) rate in order to connect. This was the only complaint. We no longer support the original Wii. We also have institutional devices at that are older and only support 11b. For these devices, we simply left the 11b rates on for the APs in the area they connect. Thankfully, it's only one building. Thanks, Kanan Simpson, CWNA, JNCIA Network Services Specialist Information Technology Division Valdosta State University -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd M. Hall Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 11:50 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11b data rates disabled? Do you have all of the 802.11b data rates disabled? If so, how long have they been disabled? Did you have many complaints when you disabled them? Were there any particular devices that could not connect as a result? I'm hoping this information will help us move towards disabling these old rates. Thank you for your feedback. -- Todd M. 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