Re(2): [67ATTENDEES] IETF 67 Network goes down at 12:00

["Peter Lovell" <peter.lovell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 08:04:10AM -0500, Ken Raeburn wrote:
>> On Nov 11, 2006, at 00:30, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>> >I would like to second that. Even during plenary, I had no troubles.
>> 
>> I hate to say it, but on the 802.11b/g network, I did have some  
>> problems during the plenary sessions -- fell off the network once or  
>> twice.  But when I switched off the built-in 802.11b/g card in my  
>> laptop and plugged in an 802.11a card, everything was fine....  Aside  
>> from the plenary, though, I had no problems at all, even while I was  
>> lounging out by the pool.  Very nice.
>
>I suspect this is one of the reasons why thinghs are getting better. 
>By using 11a we get better quality for the 11a users and reduce contention
>for the 11b/g people (though I suspect most g's fall back to b?).
>

I also had excellent results all week. This was with 802.11a, which is
built-in on recent Macs. I'm not sure how far back it goes, perhaps all
Intel-based MacBook/MacBook Pro's. 

Kudos to the network crew.




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