We took an Ekahau Sidekick spectrum capture of the interference from the Xbox One console today.
It looks like twelve, narrow -75dBm spikes, centered around channel 153 (the channel selection changes, after a long time). It is definitely not classified as Wi-Fi by Ekahau ... it is clearly an interferer. This type of interferer is not being detected by Cisco WLC CleanAir, it just shows up at (WLC GUI: Monitor \ Rogues \ Unclassified) In some of our ResLife areas, a resident's Xbox might be close enough to our production access points, for this to trigger frequent Cisco WLC DCA channel changes? Anyone at EDUCause interested in petitioning Microsoft to make their console less interfering, by adding the capability to be configured on a single 5GHz channel? -- Will Dawes From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Will Dawes Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] xBox One Consoles interfering on 5Ghz (channel hopping?) In our ResLife RF space, there are 2000+ xBox One consoles (MAC begins with 62:45:b), using the 5Ghz space, on all channels 36 to 165, for ... (the controller to connect to the console, Windows laptop to connect to the console, other?) We brought an xBox one in to our test lab, and after noticing that the console was on channel 36, we put a test Cisco access point (also on channel 36), and ... the xBox console did not change channels. One would think that an intelligently designed wireless device would sense that there was interference and change the channel to a clearer channel. Apparently not. Instead the xBox One just randomly changes 5GHz channels, after a period of time? We looked through all the configuration screens of the 2013 model xBox One, and there was nothing for a 5Ghz channel setting. If there were, we would have happily configured the xBox console to channel 165 (not in use by our WLAN controller dynamic channel allocation.) Microsoft designed networking hardware. Device designed for home networks, not the enterprise. I would not even want one of these xBox One consoles at home, intermittently interfering with my home 5Ghz network. Sahhh. -- Will Dawes Wireless Network Engineer Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 ITS / Network and Engineering Architecture office 225.578.5926 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - CWNA (Certified Wireless Network Administrator) - CWSP (Certified Wireless Security Professional) - ECDE (Ekahau Certified Design Engineer) ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fcommunity&data=02%7C01%7Cwdawes%40LSU.EDU%7C208ba19eaf364d4e866008d7afd7160b%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C637171210628694408&sdata=o%2FsRYbc8NQai8YCOjZjf9zvhNV9ZLgJK2VsyUB29iUg%3D&reserved=0> ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
