Re(4): [67ATTENDEES] IETF 67 Network goes down at 12:00

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

>
>On Nov 13, 2006, at 2:14 PM, Peter Lovell wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>	Glad you had a good experience!
>
>	Alas, this seems to have been a short-lived win. Indeed all the Core  
>Duo MacBooks and MacBook Pros have an Atheros A/B/G card, but the OS  
>doesn't support selecting A over B/G, unless you have A only (or B/G  
>only) SSIDs. This is why we had the ietf67a and ietf67b SSIDs for the  
>specific technologies.
>
>	Unfortunately, with the release of the new Core 2 Duo based units,  
>Apple switched from A/B/G to B/G/pre-N. This makes sense, since that  
>keeps all their technologies at 2.4G (one antenna), and fits with  
>Steve's clearly stated belief that 802.11a isn't relevant. The bummer  
>is that 802.11a is much more suited to high density, high demand/ 
>performance "enterprise" networks like the IETF.
>
>>
>> Kudos to the network crew.
>
>	Many thanks!
>
>	- Jim
>
>


That's exactly what I do have. And thanks to the excellent instructions
I did select "a", as (this being new) I wouldn't have recognized the
difference otherwise.

Cheers.....Peter


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