Rockwell Automation 1783-WAPxxx Stratix 5100 Wireless Access Point User Manual - Manual (Page 162)

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Chapter 4 Stratix 5100 Device Manager Parameter Definitions
Band Select Page
Band selection enables client radios that are capable of dual-band (2.4 and
5 GHz) operation to move to a less congested 5 GHz access point. The 2.4 GHz
band is often congested. Clients on this band typically experience interference
from Bluetooth devices, microwave ovens, and cordless phones as well as co-
channel interference from other access points because of the 802.11b/g limit of
three non-overlapping channels. To combat these sources of interference and
improve overall network performance, you can configure band selection on the
controller.
Band selection works by regulating probe responses to clients. It makes 5 GHz
channels more attractive to clients by delaying probe responses to clients on
2.4 GHz channels.
You can enable band selection globally on a controller, or you can enable or
disable band selection for a particular WLAN, that is useful if you want to disable
it for a select group of clients (such as time-sensitive voice clients).
Figure 77 - Bans Select Page
IMPORTANT Only modify these settings if you are a qualified technician.
Table 62 - Band Select Page Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Description
Band Select Enable/Disable
Client-Rssi 20…90
The RSSI signifies to a WLAN device, it’s a received signal strength indicator. It
shows you in a numerical reading (usually dBm) of what the signal strength is of a
wireless client.
Cycle-Count 1…10
The cycle count sets the number of suppression cycles for a new client. The default
cycle count is 2