I can’t speak to other vendors, but with our vendor(Cisco) encryption/decryption is handled by the AP/Client NIC not the controller.
According to the 802.11n spec (enforcement varies) devices not using AES will be restricted to 802.11g speeds. Personally we have stayed away from spaces and special characters in SSID’s because the quality of client drivers varies wildly. Joshua Coleman | Network Infrastructure Engineer University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education PO Box 112100 | Gainesville, FL 32611-2100 office 352.392.2171 x12053 | fax 352.392.6819 | josh...@housing.ufl.edu<mailto:josh...@housing.ufl.edu> StrengthsQuest Top 5: Ideation, Strategic, Analytical, Adaptability, Intellection - Find Out More<http://www.strengthsquest.com/content/141728/index.aspx> Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Barros, Jacob Sent: 2013-01-24 10:44 To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] need help to substantiate an SSID recommendation I feel silly asking this question but value your opinions. We recently had some authentication errors that caused me to open a support case. The engineer I was working with eluded to the fact that having a space in my SSID name could be contributing to the problem though not the root. He also inferred that using TKIP instead of AES would cut processing requirements on the controller and therefore grant better performance. I have not been able to confirm his opinions from those I have asked (including other engineers from the same company) nor in print. We are using a single SSID for most of our campus, 'Grace WiFi' WPA2-PSK AES. Theoretically, should I get better performance (or less overhead) from 'Grace-WiFi' WPA2-PSK TKIP? Leaving the vendor/company out of this conversation, will you please comment on whether or not these changes will make a difference? I would love to either substantiate or debunk this theory. Jake Barros | Network Administrator | Office of Information Technology Grace College and Seminary | Winona Lake, IN | 574.372.5100 x6178 ********** 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/.
