[OSX-Users] Re: Fwd: [Enakting] Wifi in B32 (ID#18816:r)

[Danius Michaelides]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Tim Chown wrote:

> I had a little look, wandering up and down on L3 of B32...
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> I see an SSID 'test' running WEP, on 11g.
> I see ODINET, on 11g, channel 6
> I see ISS, on 11g, channel 1
> I see kinnyglass, WPA2
> I see Education-private, on 11g, apparently open.
> I see ALADDIN Agent School on channel 11, open.
> I see [SOWN]-Zepler on 802.11b, open.

And sometimes NationalExpress :)

> These are a concern in terms of possible interference as well as possible open network access.
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> It seems only channels 1 and 11 are in use by eduroam/ECS-WLAN in the 2.4GHz range.
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> I only get good eduroam signal strength in the middle of the lab by the stairs, and in the north secretaries' office, elsewhere it is relatively low.

I suspect that some of the access points dont have the correct antenna on
them for their orientation and are spreading their power in the wrong
direction. eg compare the access point on the bay partition at the top of the
stairs vs the the one on the wall outside the seminar room - same antenna
different orientation.

Danius

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> tim
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> On 26 Nov 2012, at 15:23, Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> Hi there Max.
>> Well I suspect it is nothing new (although you may have a different problem) - see my forwarded message below.
>> And I think my comment still stands: "if the support team don't know they can't fix it".
>> I did ask people to report it.
>> Don't you think you should raise it in Jbug?
>> Good luck finding the problem!
>> Cheers
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>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: Hugh Glaser <hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>>> Subject: [Enakting] Re: Wifi in B32 (ID#18816:r)
>>> Date: 19 June 2012 13:46:12 BST
>>> To: ECS JBug <support at ecs.soton.ac.uk>, EnAKTing <enakting at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
>>>
>>> Thanks Seb.
>>> Yes, intermittent stuff is a problem.
>>> I haven't been in much, so I don't know.
>>> I am copying this to the EnAKTing team, who may be able to help.
>>>
>>> EnAKTing team!
>>> Next time you think you have a wifi problem in B32, please can you (as well as moaning!) report it directly to Seb (ECS JBug <support at ecs.soton.ac.uk>), saying which room and exactly when it happened.
>>> By problem, I mean one of those moments when it seems that the connection has hung for a little while.
>>> (At the bottom you will find my original report.)
>>> Please remember to do this - if the support team don't know they can't fix it (and I believe there is still a problem).
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Hugh
>>>
>>> On 18 Jun 2012, at 14:26, ECS JBug wrote:
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>>>> Reply from: Seb Rupik (snr)
>>>>
>>>> Hi Hugh,
>>>> I have been over to B32 to look at the wifi coverage in the southern end of the building where it is covered by two APs. The two test I carried out showed connection speeds of 72 Mbps, and download speeds of 1.8 MB/s and 3.5MB/s.
>>>> At the time there were up to 9 other users connected to the APs, so there was at least some contention on the connection.
>>>>
>>>> Can you confirm that the connection is still patchy/ bad and that it is still on going?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Seb.
>>>
>>>
>>> From: 	hg at ecs.soton.ac.uk [View Details]
>>> To: 	support at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>>> Subject: 	Wifi in B32
>>> Date: 	Wed, 23 May 2012 10:07:37 +0100
>>> I think this may be a case of everyone knows but no-one has reported, at least
>>> recently.
>>> The wifi in B32 is quite unreliable.
>>> For example, on 20120512 in the tutorial room at the south end of level 3 (a room
>>> that has a 6 antenna box in it), there would be periods of no traffic.
>>> cjg suffered it with me.
>>> It is also "well-known" that if you want to do a demo in the building you are well
>>> advised to connect up with a wire - this has been the case for several years.
>>> Connecting via eduroam (which I was on this occasion) has not made any difference,
>>> as far as I can tell.
>>> And of course now that my new laptop doesn't have a hole to put worse in, I am
>>> really at the mercy of the wifi.
>>> Best
>>> --
>>> Hugh Glaser,
>>>            Web and Internet Science
>>>            Electronics and Computer Science,
>>>            University of Southampton,
>>>            Southampton SO17 1BJ
>>> Work: +44 23 8059 3670, Fax: +44 23 8059 3045
>>> Mobile: +44 75 9533 4155 , Home: +44 23 8061 5652
>>> http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~hg/
>>>
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