In message <1929B8C5B318524495727D8A241DAFB2034C9D61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ds.navy.mil>, "Odonoghue, Karen F CIV B35-Branch" writes: >Well, in theory, 802.11a should scale better because of the >shorter range and the additional non-overlapping channels. >Now, I'm not guaranteeing that there won't be other issues we >haven't identified. We haven't had the density on 11a yet to >find the problems we don't know about. What we do know is that >thus far folks using 11a on IETF networks have been happier than >folks using 11b. > Yup. And the difference between theory and practice is that in theory, there is no difference, but in practice there is... I agree with your observation -- 802.11a users are more satisfied with the network. I made sure that I got an 802.11a-capable interface when I bought a new laptop. But I'm reluctant to tell everyone to do that without more assurance that it will solve the problem. We've heard lots of hypotheses over the years on what to do about 802.11b/g, including lower-power access points, more attention to channel assignment, and getting people to turn off ad hoc mode. None of those have solved the problem. Will switching to 802.11a? Is there other prior art we need to look at? --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf