D-Link DWL-3600AP - Viewing Current Channel Assignments and Setting Locks; Viewing the Last Proposed Set of Changes

ConfiguringandViewingChannelManagementSettings
D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
November2011 Page156
UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide
ViewingCurrentChannelAssignmentsandSettingLocks
TheCurrentChannelAssignmentssectionshowsalistofallaccesspointsintheclusterbyIPAddress.The
displayshowsthebandonwhicheachAPisbroadcasting(a/b/g/n),thecurrentchannelusedbyeachAP,and
anoptiontolockanAPonitscurrentradiochannelsothat
itcannotbere‐assignedtoanother.
ThefollowingtableprovidesdetailsaboutCurrentChannelAssignments.
ViewingtheLastProposedSetofChanges
TheProposedChannelAssignmentsshowsthelastchannelplan.Theplanlistsallaccesspointsinthecluster
byIPAddress,andshowsthecurrentandproposedchannelsforeachAP.Lockedchannelswillnotbere‐
assignedandtheoptimizationofchanneldistributionamongAPswilltakeintoaccountthe
factthatlockedAPs
mustremainontheircurrentchannels.APsthatarenotlockedmaybeassignedtodifferentchannelsthanthey
werepreviouslyusing ,dependingontheresultsoftheplan.
Table61:ChannelAssignments
Field Description
IPAddress SpecifiestheIPAddressfortheaccesspoint.
Radio IdentifiestheMACaddressoftheradio.
Band Indicatesthebandonwhichtheaccesspointisbroadcasting.
Current IndicatestheradioChannelonwhichthisaccesspointiscurrentlybroadcasting.
Status Showswhethertheradioisup(on)ordown(off).
Locked ClickLocked
toforcetheaccesspointtoremainonthecurrentchannel.
WhenLockedisselected(enabled)foranaccesspoint,automatedchannelmanagement
planswillnotre‐assigntheAPtoadifferentchannelasapartoftheoptimizationstrategy.
Instead,APswithlockedchannelswillbefactoredinas
requirementsfortheplan.
IfyouclickApply,youwillseethatlockedAPsshowthesamechannelfortheCurrent
ChannelandProposedChannelfields.LockedAPswillkeeptheircurrentchannels.
Table62:LastPropose dChanges
Field Description
IPAddress SpecifiestheIPAddressfortheaccesspoint.
Radio Indicatestheradiochannelonwhichthisaccesspointiscurrentlybroadcasting.
ProposedChannel Indicatestheradiochanneltowhichthisaccesspointwouldbere‐assignedifthe
ChannelPlanisexecuted.