Great video- I do concur. For what it’s worth, one pitfall I find with educating the uninitiated on interference here at Syracuse is usually immediately following the lesson, there’s lots of “I saw a rogue printer and that’s why my connection is dropping” kind of jumping to conclusions. I’ve found that you have to make the interference topic part of a holistic discussion or it becomes a convenient scapegoat for everything.
☺ Lee Badman Wireless/Network Architect ITS, Syracuse University 315.443.3003 (Blog: http://wirednot.wordpress.com) From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Sorteberg, Anthony J. Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 9:18 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Video on the challenges of WiFi interference Hello Everyone, Thanks for all the comments and feedback. The first rendition of the video didn’t have the 802.11ac portion at the end. We felt that the video had a negative spin to it and we wanted it to end on a more positive note. We haven’t figured out the best way of getting this video out to our campus community, yet. We are planning on posting it on our HuskyNet website. We are thinking about playing the video in our HuskyTech computer store. Others have suggested that we send the video out to the entire campus via e-mail. Our campus is entirely 802.11n and we support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. About 30% of our active clients connect using the 5GHz band. We originally designed our wireless network around 802.11b and the 2.4GHz band. We are now buying 802.11ac access points and we are making plans to move the entire campus to 802.11ac. Since our wireless network is designed around the 2.4GHz band moving to 802.11ac and the 5GHz band means adding many more access points. This presents a financial challenge. If we have the budget we are looking at timing the upgrade around the release of 802.11ac Wave 2. Thanks again everyone, Tony Sorteberg ITS – Networking St. Cloud State University From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Watters, John Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 5:51 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Video on the challenges of WiFi interference I agree. Very well done. Remember, you do not have to have AC to run 5 GHz. N does it just fine as long as the client device has the 802.11N radio with the 5 GHz feature -- usually optional at a higher price. Since we have very few AC APs (18%), most of our 5 GHz use comes from the N clients with a very few running A. For 5 GHz usage, we are hovering in the 30% range for Campus & 42% for ResNet right now with about 75% of our 5,000 APs being 802.11N capable (some older dorms are not yet upgraded beyond G). Maybe you need to slightly update your presentation to cover wireless printers & change the closing about AC (though, admittedly, that is what new machines will come with). Do you send this out to prospective students so they know something about what to buy before they get to campus? -jcw [UA Logo] John Watters The University of Alabama Office of Information Technology 205-348-3992 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of T. Shayne Ghere Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 5:11 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Video on the challenges of WiFi interference I have to say, this was a rather well written video that covered it all for the non-technical people (I call it dumbed down) and has flashy pictures too! It’s hard managing the wireless network when the upper administration just don’t get why it works in one building but not another. Great work! S From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>] On Behalf Of Sorteberg, Anthony J. Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 11:57 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Video on the challenges of WiFi interference Hello Everyone, Here at SCSU one of our biggest WiFi challenges is dealing with interference. We created this informational video that I think may be useful for everyone. Please feel free to share this video as you see fit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8n4HRhsB-c Anthony J Sorteberg ITS3 – Network Specialist [cid:image001.png@01CDFEEE.BA68BBF0] St. Cloud State University 720 4th Ave S., MC 108 St. Cloud, MN 56301 Information Technology Services 320-308-2023 tsorteb...@stcloudstate.edu<mailto:tsorteb...@stcloudstate.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/.
