Wireless Infrastructure

Utilization

Rogues and Interferers

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

  • Example wireless statistics for MacBook Air
  • 802.11 a/b/g/n are available in all WOU wireless locations
  • 802.11 ac deployment was begun in new locations in December 2014.
  • To take advantage of the higher speeds available with 802.11 n/ac, multiple antennas are required.  This is referred to as MIMO (multiple input, multiple output)
  • Frequency
    • 802.11 b/g/n — 2.4Ghz
    • 802.11 a/n/ac — 5.0Ghz
  • Channels
    • 802.11 b/g/n
      • Available channels include 1 – 11
      • The effective channels include — 1, 6, 11.  Utilizing other channels in the 2.4Ghz range will cause interference to the channels on either side.
    • 802.11 a/n/ac — The effective channels include — 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64,100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 132, 136, 140, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165
  • Speed — theoretical
    • Wireless is a shared resource.  Each user shares the bandwidth with every other user using an access point.  If there is a slow user connected to an access point, that slows down access for every other user.
  • 802.11 n — 300Mb/s — 100Mb/s per antenna  (MIMO)
  • 802.11 ac — 1.3Gb/s — 400Mb/s per antenna (MIMO) on 5Ghz
  • 802.11 ac — 450Mb/s — on 2.4Ghz
  • 802.11 a — 54Mb/s
  • 802.11 b — 11Mb/s
  • 802.11 g — 54Mb/s
  • Year developed
    • 802.11 b — 1999
    • 802.11 a — 1999
    • 802.11 g — 2002
    • 802.11 n — 2009
    • 802.11 ac — approved January 2014

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