Hi Eric, One more thing that I forgot to answer. We elected to keep Wi-Fi 6 enabled and just disabled it in the vicinity of our Technical Support Center (User Support) in the Library building.
Best, Nadim On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 4:35 PM Floyd, Brad <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric, > I have deployed almost 200 of the Aruba 530 series APs so far in the last > 2-3 months. I saw, first hand, what happens with the 802.11ax enabled SSID > and the flawed Intel drivers. The SSIDs don't appear to those devices. When > we were discussing whether or not to deploy the ax APs vs stick with ac > APs, we decided we wanted the longer remaining life span before end-of-sale > / end-of-support of the APs of the ax vs the ac. The added benefit Aruba > provides is that it is very simple to disable the features (just a single > check box on a profile). We figure we can wait for a semester or two and > schedule an attempt to re-enable the features. A driver update definitely > fixes the issue, but since we are so heavily loaded with BYOD devices that > we have no control over, this was a better option for us. Hopefully this > helps. > Thanks, > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Kenny, Eric > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers? > > Hi All, > > I know on-campus populations might not be what they usually are right now, > but I was wondering if anyone has seen reports of buggy client side drivers > causing issues with 802.11ax. Specifically we are using the Aruba AP-530 > series AP. There were some Intel chips that had challenges a few months > back, but a driver update resolved the issue. > > We are considering disabling the Wi-Fi6 capability of the APs to prevent > issues with outdated drivers, so we’d like to hear your observations so far > if this is still a real problem. > > Thank you, > > Eric Kenny > > Network Architect | Infrastructure Technology Services Harvard University > Information Technology > > ********** > 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 > > ********** > 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 > ********** 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
