like Neil, we ended up telling them to get the wired adapter
On 7/21/2011 2:36 PM, Gogan, James P wrote:
That kinda begs the question then what DO you do about Wii's (for
example)? Do you have 1-2 Mbps disabled?
-- Jim Gogan
UNC-Chapel Hill
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[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Tim Fairlie
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*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Interference in dorms.
Yep, that was our experience with Wii's.
Through experimentation we saw that once the Wii joined, if you
disabled 2mpbs, they'd stay on...but they couldn't join if 2mbps
wasn't on initially. Really weird
Timothy J. Fairlie - Director
Network/User/Telecommunication Services (N.U.T.S)
Rider University fair...@rider.edu <mailto:fair...@rider.edu>
----- "Rick Coloccia" <coloc...@geneseo.edu
<mailto:coloc...@geneseo.edu>> wrote:
> Be careful disabling 2 mbps. We were told at the Cisco conference in
a wireless class just last week that the Wiis require 2mbps to
successfully find and join the wireless network. I have not personally
verified this, but the source is reliable...
>
> -Rick
>
> On 7/21/2011 12:58 PM, Johnson, Neil M wrote:
We are struggling with the same issues. We are finding that X-boxes
and PS3s generate lots of interference (they use a proprietary 2.4
protocol between the joysticks and console).
>
This summer we've added over 100 AP to the dorms, moved several,
changed our AP's antenna configuration, disabled 1 and 2 Mbps data
rates, and are implementing channel layering (Meru) to try and
address the issue.
>
We are also planning on being more aggressive at getting rid of
student installed wireless AP's.
>
We are considering adding a 5GHz only SSID in the dorms to encourage
users to use 5 GHz ( we do have band steering enabled, but a dedicated
SSID would insure that devices only use 5GHz and not fall back to 2.4).
>
We'll see what happens.
>
-Neil
>
--
Neil Johnson
Network Engineer
The University of Iowa
Phone: 319 384-0938
Fax: 319 335-2951
Mobile: 319 540-2081
E-Mail: neil-john...@uiowa.edu <mailto:neil-john...@uiowa.edu>
>
>
> *From: *"Lay, Daniel" <dl...@samford.edu <mailto:dl...@samford.edu>>
> *Reply-To: *The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv
<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
> *Date: *Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:16:29 -0500
> *To: *<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
> *Subject: *[WIRELESS-LAN] Interference in dorms.
>
>
>
>
Last year we had several students that would complain about poor
wireless coverage in their rooms. It was usually followed by the
comment that they did not have this problem at home or in other areas
of the campus. After performing various test and wireless scans I am
of the opinion that a good portion of these problems were introduced
by the students themselves by bringing in various devices that emit
2.4 interference. I am curious about how any of you guys have
addressed this problem and informed the students of these potential
interferences. Have any of you added a section to orientation that
discusses the problem of interference and did it have good results.
Did any of you do a poster campaign with good results or did you issue
a Faraday cage to each student to store their stuff in (yes that was a
joke). I can only see this problem getting worse with wireless
printers and game consoles that all have a potential to cause
interference. I am open to any ideas and or suggestions. Thanks.
Daniel Lay
Networking Specialist
Samford University
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