Christopher Werny leads the network security team for ERNW and since 2005 he is involved in numerous IPv6 projects where he is responsible for planning, implementation and troubleshooting existing projects.
The first topic he approached was “How to build a conference WLAN Network in General”. The very first suggestion was to put it to the 5GHz channel because there could be a lot of interferences in the 2.4 GHz channel. The basic idea here is to disable 802.11b completely if it´s possible in your environment and no-one is using it anyway. Further you should also consider nearby Wi-Fi signals and on which channels they reside. His next recommendation was about setting the inactivity timer to short intervals, this will avoid unnecessary resource spending from the APs when they try to track down moved or shut down devices. His last general recommendation from him was regarding a central DHCP Server. This will enable the roaming from mobile devices without getting a new IP-Address when bridged mode is enabled for the APs.
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