Or it might well be the vendor that supplies the 11a equipment.
At home I have a box with 7 defunct WiFi routers that I discarded after they started to fail. Specifically the wireless side of the router would stop functioning or require rebooting every 24 hours or so to keep functioning.
Then three years ago I mentioned the problem on this list and bought an AirPort Extreme on the advice of several people.
It has now been running for three years without issue.
I do notice that a significant proportion of laptops used at IETFs are produced by one specific vendor. And lets face it, we are the type of audience that is quite willing to pay two to three times the minimum for a laptop.
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Worley, Dale R (Dale) <dworley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I strongly agree here. Encourage .11a (5ghz) usage, disable .11n for the .11b/g 2.4ghz spectrum. We also have the luxury of a large number of repeat attendees, and many of you have learned the benefits of using .11a and will go out of your way to use it. We facilitate that through advertising .11a-only SSID's.
Whereas the NYT article seems to be describing large rooms full of journalists and other technology illiterates, many of whom are trying to send or receive streaming video, sometimes the video of the presenter they are sitting in front of!
Dale
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