If it’s a coverage-based design, all of your gains in 11ac are in 5GHz, so your performance gains have a lot to do with density i.e. if the WAPs are still installed in hallways you may not see the gains you are expecting. If you’re making the jump to 11ac it’s best to redesign around performance and density rather than coverage.
Jeff From: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Ying Zhang <yin...@unb.ca> Reply-To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 9:34 AM To: "wireless-lan@listserv.educause.edu" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] upgrade from 802.11n to 802.11ac Hi, We are looking at a campus wide wireless upgrade from 802.11n to 802.11ac. Just wondering for anyone out there who has done this before, do you have an approximate number (in percentage) with regards to # of additional APs in a mainly coverage-based design. Thanks in advance. Ying University of New Brunswick ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
