Add Visio TV to that list. Some of them need 1 & 2 to connect, even though they can do 802.11n.
We are setting our minimum rates to 12 this summer. We had to setup a special ap-specific SSID for the manager’s Visio TV ☹ Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Network Services - Wireless (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Samuel Clements [mailto:scleme...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 11:56 AM Subject: Re: 802.11b data rates disabled? I think we've arrived at a point where most 802.11b devices are flat out deprecated. I also believe that you're going to run into far more 802.11g devices that don't like 1 & 2 being disabled (most notably the Nintendo Wii) than you are people that actually expect an 802.11b device to still function. Between that, and the significant positive impact to CU that you'll undoubtedly get, it's a very timely conversation to be having. Unfortunately, you can't rely on your NMS platforms reporting of 802.11b devices since many .11g clients will stick further out than what's reasonable using CCK modulation (and showing .11b clients). In all instances in recent memory (say, 2 years), I've had the number of complaints by disabling .11b data rates be so low as to be background noise. Couple the ethernet adapter for the Wii into the equation, and the problems are practically nonexistent except in the most corner of cases. -Sam On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Todd M. Hall <t...@msstate.edu<mailto:t...@msstate.edu>> wrote: Do you have all of the 802.11b data rates disabled? If so, how long have they been disabled? Did you have many complaints when you disabled them? Were there any particular devices that could not connect as a result? I'm hoping this information will help us move towards disabling these old rates. Thank you for your feedback. -- Todd M. Hall Sr. Network Analyst Information Technology Services Mississippi State University t...@msstate.edu<mailto:t...@msstate.edu> 662-325-9311<tel:662-325-9311> (phone) ********** 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/.
