We deployed our ax capable APs without ax enabled for the same Intel driver
issues. I wanted to test something with a flawed driver recently and
noticed it is no longer available from Intel. I think Intel revamped their
downloads page at the end of last year to remove all but the newest
revisions of drivers. We use SecureW2 for eduroam onboarding so we can
get a sense of drivers used by Windows devices. We will probably enable
Wi-Fi 6 next year if the numbers continue to look good.
*Mike Atkins *
Infrastructure Architect
Office of Information Technology
University of Notre Dame
Phone: 574-631-7210
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*From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv <
WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Nadim El-Khoury
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:41 PM
*To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
*Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers?
Hi Eric,
One more thing that I forgot to answer. We elected to keep Wi-Fi 6 enabled
and just disabled it in the vicinity of our Technical Support Center (User
Support) in the Library building.
Best,
Nadim
On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 4:35 PM Floyd, Brad <bfl...@mail.smu.edu> wrote:
Eric,
I have deployed almost 200 of the Aruba 530 series APs so far in the last
2-3 months. I saw, first hand, what happens with the 802.11ax enabled SSID
and the flawed Intel drivers. The SSIDs don't appear to those devices. When
we were discussing whether or not to deploy the ax APs vs stick with ac
APs, we decided we wanted the longer remaining life span before end-of-sale
/ end-of-support of the APs of the ax vs the ac. The added benefit Aruba
provides is that it is very simple to disable the features (just a single
check box on a profile). We figure we can wait for a semester or two and
schedule an attempt to re-enable the features. A driver update definitely
fixes the issue, but since we are so heavily loaded with BYOD devices that
we have no control over, this was a better option for us. Hopefully this
helps.
Thanks,
Brad
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From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv [mailto:
WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kenny, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:14 PM
To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Status of Wi-Fi 6 Client Drivers?
Hi All,
I know on-campus populations might not be what they usually are right now,
but I was wondering if anyone has seen reports of buggy client side drivers
causing issues with 802.11ax. Specifically we are using the Aruba AP-530
series AP. There were some Intel chips that had challenges a few months
back, but a driver update resolved the issue.
We are considering disabling the Wi-Fi6 capability of the APs to prevent
issues with outdated drivers, so we’d like to hear your observations so far
if this is still a real problem.
Thank you,
Eric Kenny
Network Architect | Infrastructure Technology Services Harvard University
Information Technology
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