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:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kenny, Eric Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:14 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 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 We are considering disabling the Wi-Fi6 capability of the APs to prevent issues with outdated drivers, so we’d like to hear your observations so far if this is still a real problem.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
