Also, I think saying that students "save $30 on the laptop buying it with
just the 2.4 radio" implies an unrealistic degree of involvement in the
technical aspects of buying a new computer. If people thought this way, I
think we would see this problem less often, because everyone loves fast
Certainly not an option for us, being a community college means a lot of low
income students. Possibly why I still see several handfuls of iPhone 4 phones
(circa 2010) on my wifi. Lots of 2.4 only devices, and I don’t see that
changing for a while.
Wyatt Schill
Senior Network Engineer
I don’t think there is Nirvana. Just lesser degrees of complaints.
Each environment seems to have unique challenges, both in the WiFi radio space
*and* with applications and students “needs”.
Students also, for whatever reason, do not share their “This sucks” messages
with helpdesk/staff.
I see so many IoT devices that are 2.4 only; as well as the students save $30
on the laptop buying it with just the 2.4 radio (but it’s 802.11n!) that many
of them come that way as well. We’re testing a “Rice Owls” (dual band) and a
“Rice Owls 5 GHz” (uhm, 5 GHz only, of course) in limited
