EnGenius EAP1250 - Wireless Network Settings

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Wireless Settings
Device Name: Enter a name for the device. The name you
type appears in SNMP management. This name is not the
SSID and is not broadcast to other devices.
Band Steering (Available on ENS620EXT): Enable Band
Steering to send 802.11n clients to the 5 GHz band,
where802.11b/gclientscannotgo,andleave802.11b/g
clients in 2.4GHz to operate at their slower rates. Before
implementingthisfeature,wesuggestyoutoassurethe
both2.4GHzand5GHzSSID,aswelllassecuritysettings
must be the same. EnGenius Band Steering supports
followingadvancedsettings,
*Force 5GHz:WhenbandsteeringisconguredtoForce
5GHz mode, the AP will not dual band capable client
devices to network to the 2.4GHz band only if the client
devices are not currently associated on 2.4GHz radio in
this AP.
*Prefer 5GHz:WhenbandsteeringisconguredtoPrefer
5GHz  mode, the AP will steer dual band capable client
devices to 5GHz radio when the RSSI value of these client
devices on 5GHz radio is more than set one. The allowed
RSSI value for default setting is -75dBm.
*Band Balance: When band steering is congured to
BandBalancemode,theAPwillsteerdualbandcapable
client devices to 5GHz when the RSSI value of these client
devices on 5GHz radio is more than set one. To evenly
allocateRFresourceontheboth2.4GHzand5GHzradios,
users also can set the portion of client devices on 5GHz
radio to assure smoothly connection. The default value of
the5GHzradiois75%.
Save: Click Savetoconrmthechanges.
Wireless