We disabled 80211b rates a few years ago. If someone's device needs to join wireless, we have them purchase a wireless or wired dongle. We keep a few in stock too for those who need proof that this is a viable solution.
In terms of g & a, we are only seeing a handful this term. We are hoping to turn off those within a year. But, as each term brings a new set of devices, that could change. We turned on r/k in Spring and had few issues. Then a different group arrive in September. As too many devices couldn't connect, we had to disable r. Regards, Christina On 11/05/2015 07:47 AM, Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services) wrote: > I wish we could turn down 802.11b. > > We strongly recommend 802.11ac compatibility, but since we have residences > with game consoles (Xbox 360) & some clueless TVs (Vizio) we needed to turn > on 1 & 2 mbps so those devices would associate to our mac-auth SSID for > non-802.1X devices. > > > Bruce Osborne > Wireless Engineer > IT Infrastructure & Media Solutions > > (434) 592-4229 > > LIBERTY UNIVERSITY > Training Champions for Christ since 1971 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith, Todd [mailto:todd.sm...@camc.org] > Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: Minimum Standards > > We are starting to move away from 802.11a since it doesn't support DFS > channels with with our new 802.11ac Wave 2 rollout coming soon will be > needed. Turning 802.11b down has helped quite a bit but we still see a large > about of 802.11g traffic. > > Todd > > ________________________________ > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Hinson, Matthew P > [matthew.hin...@vikings.berry.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 4:42 PM > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Minimum Standards > > Just wondering what everyone's minimum standards look like for supported > Wi-Fi devices. Or if your department has any defined. > > We don't enforce any sort of minimum bar aside from > > -Your device needs to support 802.11a, g, n, or ac. 802.11b devices cannot > successfully authenticate -Consistent 2.4GHz-only connectivity usually cannot > be guaranteed in residence halls. > > At a glance, we're usually only at about 0.3% 802.11g clients. Everyone else > is a, n, or ac. > > Thank you! > Matthew Hinson > Supervisor, Network Operations > "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. Do not > be discouraged. For the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." > (Joshua 1:9) > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.educause.edu_groups_&d=CQMFAg&c=2GaipCMI-4CXTl0y2l8grQS3faC7QKiDQZYpyUtD00M&r=uvxIRDMxwssmr2VjVNRe6I_MeNT0SmtowN9dpqcMAFc&m=VanKeK1AoUUDR1mjsz3-DKjqo7S0sHw9UuV31RXPXhI&s=7SOOucS3y4c8v2RQTxdGiP8BqiEvoxzsnBG2EXW_rq8&e=>. > > ====================================================================== > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this message may be > privileged and confidential. If this e-mail contains protected health > information, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, except as permitted by > law. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the > sender immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your > computer. Thank you. > > ********** > 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/. > -- Christina Klam Network Engineer Institute for Advanced Study Email: ck...@ias.edu Einstein Drive Telephone: 609-734-8154 Princeton, NJ 08540 Fax: 609-951-4418 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
