What about Nintendo Wii? We disabled 1 & 2 Mbps a couple of years ago and found that Wiis could no longer connect. Found that they required 1Mbps. Maybe this is no longer the case and I can back to turning it off.
Dan Mahar Network Manager Information Technology Services Peschel Computing Center off (518) 388-8050 807 Union St. Fax (518) 388-6458 Schenectady, NY 12308 mah...@union.edu On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Anders Nilsson <anders.nils...@adm.umu.se> wrote: > Hi Todd, > > Disabling 802.11b is not an option but a must nowadays. You get much better > overall performance with all data traffic over OFDM. > There's a lot of time (Airtime)that gets lot if you allow old legacy > protocols. > > We have had 802.11b off for over a year and nobody complains. > > Cheers > Anders Nilsson > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] För Todd M. Hall > Skickat: den 27 september 2012 14:55 > Till: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Ämne: [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/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
