I agree with this sentiment. 2.4 is a long-run losing battle. We deployed 5 ghz nearly everywhere to minimize the need for 2.4. I observe that 2/3rds of all devices automatically use 5 ghz. So it really isn’t as big of a problem as it could be. I expect that number to improve each year. I have made attempts to educate students through RA’s, but I am not sure I will do that each year. Students really shouldn’t bring in their own router, but it’s too time consuming to stop it. I think because we provide such wide spread access and try to make sure we support everything, this problem really isn’t as bad as it might be. Educating students does help, but I am careful not to spend too much time worrying about it.
I do still need to improve high density areas. Tim *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey D. Sessler *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2017 9:44 AM *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4GHz - educating end users about interference You are fighting a battle that will never be won, and even a stale-mate is unlikely. IMHO, your best bet is to work toward abandoning 2.4. In the early days, we did try outreach and education, but there are just too many devices today that use 2.4, and in many cases, users don’t even know it e.g. Apple’s Airdrop. You can minimize some of this by solving the reasons behind some of the interference sources i.e. install more WAPs to improve the service, reducing the rogue problem. Install residential printers to mitigate the need for student printers. Most of our residential is now designed around dense 5 GHz, and while 2.4 is available, it’s mostly ignored. Jeff *From: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" < WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of "Gray, Sean" < sean.gr...@uleth.ca> *Reply-To: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" < WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *Date: *Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 2:21 PM *To: *"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" < WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *Subject: *[WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4GHz - educating end users about interference Hi Fellow Wireless Wizards! This is my first post to the group, so please be gentle. Here at the University of Lethbridge we are about to embark on a bit of an education drive for all of our wireless users with regards to the 2.4GHz spectrum and their impact on it. Does anybody have good examples of notices, posters etc. that they would be willing to share, that reference the evils of rogues and other interference sources citing the negative impact they have on the wireless network. Like everyone else on this list we are seeing huge influxes of our friends the wireless printer, Bluetooth devices and the like… if only we could just turn 2.4GHz off. Thanks Sean *Sean Gray* | B.Sc (Hons) Voice, Collaboration & Wireless Network Analyst ITS, University of Lethbridge ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
