We've eliminated all the b rates on our wireless with no significant issues. We had lots of connections to our wireless at 802.11b rates, but it was users out of range from the APs, or clients with outdated drivers - both problems which were easily corrected. Our wireless is entirely 1X, so consumer devices like TVs and game consoles, some of which I've heard require at least the 11Mb rate, were not a concern here because they couldn't authenticate anyway.
Chuck Enfield Sr. Communications Engineer Telecommunications & Networking Services The Pennsylvania State University 110H, USB2, UP, PA 16802 ph: 814.863.8715 fx: 814.865-3988 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Todd M. Hall Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 8:55 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Disabling 802.11b speeds This has been discussed in the past, but it has been a long time. We're at the point that we have to turn off the lower connection rates on our campus. I'm curious what other schools have done and the positive/negative results from the changes. We have disabled 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps in some of our buildings with great success, but some might argue to just eliminate 1 & 2 Mbps rates. Also, I'd be interested to hear from schools that have not disabled these rates and why not. -- Todd M. Hall Sr. Network Analyst Information Technology Services Mississippi State University t...@msstate.edu ********** 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/.
