hardware. The 3x3 helps in high multipath (difficult
RF) environments.
Bruce Osborne
Liberty University
From: Ryan Holland [mailto:holland@osu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Band Steering?
Just to add clarification, both the AP-120 series and AP-105s only
Here is a response I received from Aruba Engineering:
Bruce,
I have heard this from some of my other customers as well. The basic issue
comes down to the physical properties of the 5GHz wave vs. the 2.4GHz. The
lower frequency (2.4) will be able to travel through air and walls and even
"bend"
Aruba uses Atheros radios, and they aren't software-limited, but rather
hardware-limited. That means that their (and everyone else's) radios will have
to be upgraded in order to support 3 spatial streams.
The third radio can be used in various ways, e.g. for a 3rd receiver in MRC to
make recep
