I swear, just a couple months ago I saw a post on this listserve that you
should run TWO Cat6 runs for every 802.11ac AP.  Now, CAT6A?!

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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> wrote:

>  The WLAN industry is doing an absolutely horrible, almost shameful job
> of managing the message on cabling for 11ac, says I.
>
> Lee Badman
> Network Architect/Wireless TME
> ITS, Syracuse University
> 315.443.3003
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Turner, Ryan H [rhtur...@email.unc.edu]
> *Received:* Wednesday, 18 Dec 2013, 12:52
> *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU [
> WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU]
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11AC Future Infrastructure
>
>   BTW…  Before anyone jumps on me, I understand the purpose of the
> question.  It’s great to know the best practices for the ‘what if’
> situation.
>
>
>
> Ryan H Turner
>
> Senior Network Engineer
>
> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
> CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
>
> +1 919 445 0113 Office
>
> +1 919 274 7926 Mobile
>
>
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:
> WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Turner, Ryan H
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:47 PM
> *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11AC Future Infrastructure
>
>
>
> Call me naïve, but I think 10 gig uplinks for ac WAPs is serious
> overkill.  We have almost 4,500 switches across campus, most with 1 gig
> user uplinks, and the vast majority are perfectly fine with 1G (heck, we
> could swap a good number of those for 100 Meg, and they’d barely notice).
> These are switches with 48+ connected devices, all at 1 gig.  So, for most
> access points that will be seeing far less users than a traditional edge
> switch with a one gig uplink, I don’t see the need to go crazy with the
> feed speed.  I could see deploying 2 single gig links to the .ac access
> points, but not 10 gig.  Exceptions to this ‘could’ be very dense classroom
> environments with a lot of access points (there are exceptions to
> everything).
>
>
>
> Ryan H Turner
>
> Senior Network Engineer
>
> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
> CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
>
> +1 919 445 0113 Office
>
> +1 919 274 7926 Mobile
>
>
>
> *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [
> mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>]
> *On Behalf Of *Stewart, Joe
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 18, 2013 12:40 PM
> *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11AC Future Infrastructure
>
>
>
> As this technology begins to be deployed is anyone out there planning
> ahead for wave two of this?  I know it’s not going to happen for a while
> but I’m curious if there are folks in the process of new construction where
> you have the option to add the infrastructure now to support the 10Gbps.
> If so, has there been any documentation on what cable type would be
> recommended for this? (ex. CAT6A or CAT7).
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> Joe Stewart
>
> Network Specialist I
>
> Information Systems and Network Services
>
> Claremont McKenna College
>
> 325 E. 8th Street, Roberts South #12
>
> Claremont, CA 91711
>
>
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