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Re: [90attendees] Security for the IETF wireless network

Jim Martin <jrmii@isc.org> Thu, 24 July 2014 21:42 UTC

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From: Jim Martin <jrmii@isc.org>
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Subject: Re: [90attendees] Security for the IETF wireless network
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Larry,

On Jul 24, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Larry Kreeger (kreeger) <kreeger@cisco.com> wrote:

> What is the difference between ietf.1x and ietf-a.1x?  They both seem to
> put me on channel 36 5GHz?  Will one work better than the other for some
> reason?

	ietf.1x is WPA2 Enterprise on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. ietf-a.1x is the same security, but only on the 5Ghz band. This is because some OS's don't let you prefer a band, and we wanted to make it easy for people to force 5Ghz, which helps the wireless situation immensely.

	- Jim

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