RE: Please make sure that you do not run your WLAN in ad hoc mode

Joel,

Thanks - but to answer Eric directly, I was just saying that I was a 
happy camper for most of the week on 802.11a, in contrast to the 
problems some people were having on 802.11b.  I wasn't making any 
particular recommendations, but at the next IETF, if your card can 
support 802.11a, give a try and use whichever mode works best for you.
Cheers,
Andy

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At 11/14/2005 09:29 -0800, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Gray, Eric wrote:
>
> > Andy,
> >
> >         So, I am confused.  Are you saying we should use 802.11a because
> > it works better or is somehow isolated from malicious or accidental
> > misuse?
> Three things.
>
> chipsets lack support for ibss mode in 802.11a
>
> 8 non-overlapping indoor channels in north america, makes the 
> 802.11a radio noise situation more tractable. From a deployment 
> perspective the map coloring problem is much easier.
> All things being equal an a card has signficantly shorter range 
> range at 5.8ghz than a b card does at 2412ghz, and more surfaces 
> (airwalls people etc) are opaque. This cuts down on the noise quite a bit.
> > --
> > Eric
> >
> > --> -----Original Message-----
> > --> From: ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org 
> > [mailto:ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org]
> > --> On Behalf Of Andrew G. Malis
> > --> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 10:14 AM
> > --> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan)
> > --> Cc: Avri Doria; Ole Jacobsen; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
> > --> Subject: RE: Please make sure that you do not run your WLAN
> > --> in ad hoc mode
> > -->
> > --> Dan,
> > -->
> > --> You must have been on 802.11b.  802.11a was solid from
> > --> Tuesday morning through to the end of the week.  I was
> > --> having problems on Monday with dueling access points but
> > --> that was fixed by Tuesday morning.
> > -->
> > --> Cheers,
> > --> Andy
> > -->
> > --> -------
> > -->
> > --> At 11/12/2005 06:45 +0200, Romascanu, Dan \(Dan\) wrote:
> > -->
> > --> >I know. I am attending both the IEEE 802 Plenary meetings
> > --> and the IETF
> > --> >meetings for many years. I can witness first hand that the
> > --> situation is
> > --> >much worse at the IETF meetings than at the IEEE ones.
> > --> Practically, the
> > --> >network is perfect at most IEEE meetings. True, I believe
> > --> that they are
> > --> >outsourcing the network deployment and  its maintenance during the
> > --> >meeting.
> > --> >
> > --> >As I will be attending the IEEE 802 meeting next week (in
> > --> Vancouver,
> > --> >but at a different hotel) I will be able to report by the
> > --> end of the
> > --> >week how it was. Anyway, it hardly can be worse than at
> > --> the IETF meeting.
> > --> >During this whole IETF week I could almost never connect
> > --> during the
> > --> >meetings. I had to wait for the lunch break when everybody
> > --> was away, or
> > --> >to go to my room (at the 7th floor in the tower) to be
> > --> able to connect
> > --> >to the IETF wireless network.
> > --> >
> > --> >Regards,
> > --> >
> > --> >Dan
> > -->
> > -->
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