Most vendors we spoke to said they would support 11r. Aruba, Cisco and Meru have developed proprietary methods to deal with the shortcomings addressed by 11r. How fast they will migrate to a standards-based approach is uncertain, as is the pace at which client devices will be upgraded. To the degree that Cisco includes 11r support as part of its CCX certification program, the company will play a key role in promoting adoption of this standard.
Dave Molta is NWC's editor at large. he is also assistant dean for technology at the school of information studies and director of the center for emerging network technologies at Syracuse University. write to him at [email protected].
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