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? -- Eric --> -----Original Message----- --> From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] --> On Behalf Of Andrew G. Malis --> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 10:14 AM --> To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan) --> Cc: Avri Doria; Ole Jacobsen; ietf@xxxxxxxx --> 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 --> --> --> _______________________________________________ --> Ietf mailing list --> Ietf@xxxxxxxx --> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf --> _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf