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As an example, I have screenshot what you see from the controller:

http://i.imgur.com/tEd701u.jpg

These are clients actually associating with the AC radio inside the AP.

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Tim Nelson <tim.l.nelson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On a Cisco 5508 controller with a lightweight AP, you can see the
> protocol the radio the client connects to.  If they are in fact AC
> capable, you will see them connect to the AC radio inside the AP
> through the controller.  While I see this with many devices, it never
> happens under linux.  The AP has multiple radios in it.
>
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Johannes Berg
> <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 11:10 -0500, Tim Nelson wrote:
>>> Although it is a similar setup, no.  I am able to connect on ALL
>>> radios but the AC radio's on the 3702's.  I encounter no bugs, no loss
>>> of connection.  However, I NEVER connect to the AC radio on the AP.  I
>>> know it works due to my Nexus 5 connecting to the AC radio
>>> immediately.  If the 3702 saw that my adapter was AC capable, it would
>>> use the AC radio and not the A/N.  Also, every other device with
>>> wireless AC connects fine without issue, even the same laptop on it's
>>> Windows 8 partition.
>>
>> All of this doesn't make a lot of sense to me. What do you even mean by
>> "AC radio" in this context? Is there a separate SSID? BSSID? something
>> else?
>>
>>> If it is AC capable, how do I get it to connect to the AC radio's on
>>> the AP?  It is entirely possible it is something Cisco/Linux related
>>> with how they communicate as well.
>>
>> I don't see how the AP would be able to choose where the client
>> connects, without maybe some CCX stuff that Linux doesn't have.
>>
>> johannes
>>
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