We have a dedicated 5ghz SSID but it’s in addition to our standard which is not 
ideal… too many SSID’s doing the same thing
So our dot1x auth’s are
UofA (2.4&5)
UofA 5ghz (5 only)
eduroam (2.4 & 5)

We still see plenty of brand new devices on 2.4 only and I was helping a 
student recently who grabbed an old laptop out of hard rubbish. So we are stuck 
with making them work but in doing so we see 5ghz capable devices sitting on 
2.4 which isn’t so good. The extra SSID was fired up as a test and worked, so 
got stuck there but we  still don’t classify it under our production since it’s 
poorly named.

For end of year I’m proposing the removal of “UofA 5ghz” and making “UofA” a 
5ghz only SSID with eduroam covering both 5 and 2.4. Our users get the same 
service on eduroam anyway as they would on our branded SSID(ip connectivity 
wise).

A few years back I posted a discussion about this where we were considering 
something similar but having a 2.4ghz only network as UofA-legacy or the 5ghz 
network as UofA-Premium etc. since the current “UofA 5ghz” is technical and 
users don’t know what it means.  We never got to a point where we were fully 
happy with the plan but in general we preferred the idea that if your 2.4ghz 
only you go on something called legacy to help drive the idea that they would 
ideally not use such a device.


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Jason Cook
Technology Services
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Ph    : +61 8 8313 4800

From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Casey Feskens
Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2017 4:58 AM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4 vs 5

We are currently using a 5GHz only SSID (as well as 2.4) and have been trying 
to encourage students to use it. We recently conducted a survey of wireless 
performance and asked questions about why people were using 2.4 networks vs. 
5GHz. A surprising number of students replied that their devices could not see 
the 5GHz SSID.

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Hunter Fuller 
<hf0...@uah.edu<mailto:hf0...@uah.edu>> wrote:
Similarly, we haven't looked at it. You can walk into Best Buy today and walk 
out with a brand new laptop with no 5GHz wireless.

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 12:13 PM Jeffrey D. Sessler 
<j...@scrippscollege.edu<mailto:j...@scrippscollege.edu>> wrote:
I don’t think there is a way to get away from 2.4 yet in EDU. For example, 
while most would install high-density 5GHz in every residential room, it’s 
likely cost-prohibitive to accomplish the same in hallways and other areas that 
devices transit but don’t linger. As such, 2.4 is still important for “in 
flight” devices.

Jeff

From: 
"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" 
<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>> 
on behalf of "Oliver, Jeff" <jeff.oli...@uleth.ca<mailto:jeff.oli...@uleth.ca>>
Reply-To: 
"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" 
<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
Date: Monday, March 6, 2017 at 8:42 AM
To: 
"wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu<mailto:wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu>" 
<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>>
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] 2.4 vs 5

Folks, just wondering how many PSI’s have successfully turned off your 2.4 and 
gone 5GHz only? And how much blowback?


Cheers,
Jeff

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Jeffrey L. Oliver
Manager, Network and Telecommunications
Information Technology Services
The University of Lethbridge
4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4

Tel:         403.329.5162<tel:(403)%20329-5162>
Mob:     403.315.4461<tel:(403)%20315-4461>

URI:       jeff.oli...@uleth.ca<mailto:jeff.oli...@uleth.ca>
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