We have had a few reports of PS4 problems, but as far as I can tell
they are mostly because PS4's only have a 2.4GHz radio. Often the AP
near them has gone into air monitor mode from too much 2.4 in the
air, and the antenna on the PS4 isn't that fantastic. Plus, many
students shove it in a cabinet under a TV, and that blocks even more
signal. Lately I've been just activating a port for them, but I'll
look into it further when I have time.
Andy Voelker
Davidson College
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*From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
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*Sent:* Thursday, September 1, 2016 2:18:41 PM
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*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Playstation 4 (PS4) Not Connecting to
Wireless
Tim and Danny, thanks for the responses:
The SSID's for these are on an Open SSID that has a NAC backend, so
802.1x isn't actually involved in the connection process. The NAC
watches for the MAC address and puts them in the appropriate VLAN.
We've verified the NAC is working properly, as it's working for all
other devices.
We do encourage them to plug in their gaming devices, for the sake of
latency and experience for the end user, but there's still some who
prefer wireless.
On 9/1/2016 9:46 AM, Danny Eaton wrote:
> This leads me to ask - doesn't the Xbox and PS4 have wired ports?
Why put all that refresh rate traffic on wireless? Why not "strongly
suggest" they connect it to a wired port, leaving wireless for truly
mobile devices (laptops, Macbook Air, phones, pads, etc.)? If it has
a permanent power brick, plug it in.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Tyler
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 9:24 AM
> To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Playstation 4 (PS4) Not Connecting to
Wireless
>
> Brandon,
> Many games and other devices don’t support 802.1x in case that was the
> network they were trying to connect to. We created an SSID that
allows for
> mac address authentication. We allow student to register the mac
address of their non 802.1x complaint devices and connect to our SSID
that supports mac
> addresses (open network). We have no problems that I am aware of
with PS4
> stations.
> Note: We use Aruba with Clearpass.
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brandon Dixon
> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 8:42 AM
> To: [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Playstation 4 (PS4) Not Connecting to Wireless
>
> We have been seeing issues where PS4's on campus will not connect
to our Aerohive wireless devices properly. Other devices such as
Xbox One are working fine, it seems to be isolated to PS4 devices.
We are beginning to wonder if this is an issue with Enterprise
wireless AP's and I was curious, before we spend more time digging,
if others are experiencing issues with
> PS4 on their campus. (Apologies for the shoddy image quality)
>
>
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