Here's my two cents...I think the WLAN infrastructure vendors will suggest one or more of the following routes for customers wanting to upgrade to 802.11n: a) re-rate their controllers to new 802.11b/g levels, suggesting that it can handle 802.11n APs at the same quantities b) add more controllers, splitting the counts in half, third, etc. c) offer aggressive upgrade/competitive upgrade programs that encourage customers to replace their controller d) tell customers to do nothing until traffic volumes actually warrant more hardware support
At least two the WIDPS systems can identify the existence of rogue pre-802.11n APs, and I expect that some of the better WLAN infrastructure vendors will be able to do the same. I'm not too worried about APs spitting out 100+ Mbps of traffic. I don't think many of you can find even a single AP that shows more than 15 Mbps over a 5-minute polling period. Users may benefit from some burst headroom, but that's about it. Regards, Frank -----Original Message----- From: Lee Badman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:31 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11n thoughts? Looking forward, wondering how (and if) members of this group are contemplating the impact of 802.11n on your WLANs? I would wager many of us have rogue pre-standard 802.11n hardware on campus now. Also, I have heard some vendors poo-poo .11n as a non-starter for the enterprise, and others promising support as soon as it is a ratified standard. Then there's worries if even a fast ethernet cable is robust enough for the promised throughputs of 802.11n... a lot to the discussion, obviously, and since it's still in draft it's easy to not think about. But those who are pondering, I'd be curious to hear thoughts and opinions. Regards- Lee Badman ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
