We turned it on for our primary SSID in Cisco code 7.6.130.0 for roughly 4 hours and it was an absolute NIGHTMARE. All device types were unpredictable and unstable. About a third of our 20,000 user devices wouldn't connect at all, the ones that did would frequently drop off the network.
Once we disabled it, roughly half of the machines that were able to connect while 802.11r was enabled were suddenly NOT able to connect after the rollback. Those users had to forget the network and or delete the profile from their devices before they could connect again. It made for an interesting day and a half. Respectfully, Matthew Williams IT Manager, Wireless Kent State University Office: (330) 672-7246 Mobile: (330) 469-0445 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jerry Bucklaew Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 8:51 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11r To ALL: I was just wondering if anyone has taken the plunge and enabled 802.11r on their WLAN and if they had any fall out? I know some vendors recommend putting up a second ssid but no one wants to maintain two SSID's. I has been a couple years so maybe the client turnover has solved the issue? I had the same question about 802.11d and 802.11h. I am running an Aruba environment but would be interested in the Cisco side of the house also. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
