Re: [71attendees] ietf71 wireless problems

Hi all,

It does in fact appear that the new APs we have are having issues with  
802.11b clients.  We are in the process of deploying a fix for this,  
so please hang tight.

We do in fact have N on the network, but only in the 5ghz range.   
802.11b/g clients should not be specifically affected by N.  If you  
are having issues with it, please let us know by stopping by the  
helpdesk in the Terminal Room, or by sending email to noc@ietf71.ietf.org 
.

Morgan

On Mar 10, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

> On 10 mrt 2008, at 10:56, Michael Richardson wrote:
>
>> I'm having layer-2 problems with the wireless.
>> (I will have to go plugin at the terminal room to send this)
>> I tried most of Sunday to get online, but I never succeeded.  It is
>> no better this morning.
>> I am sending this in the hope that I am not alone. Many people can
>> online a bit, but get very poor performance, or are unable to stay on
>> very long.  My case seems pathological.
>
>> It looks like there are just too many APs to me.  My poor card  
>> doesn't
>> stay associated to any one of them long enough to get any data
>> through.
>
>> I am using an external orinoco 802.11b card "Lucent Technologies
>> GOLD",
>> but I have similar experiences with cisco Aironet cards. (Yes, this
>> is a
>> card from an ietf 40-something meeting).
>
> It looks like the network is 802.11n (it tells me I'm connected at 130
> Mbps), and in my (granted, limited) experience with 802.11n gear is
> that unlike 802.11g, it has no compunction about about stepping on
> 802.11b—hard.
>
> Perhaps things would work better for last century's wifi cards if 2.4
> GHz stuff is set to 802.11g. Or maybe not...
>
> Iljitsch
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