Wireless Access Point
362 Configuring the Wireless AP
Range set to Yes, and it must have at least one active IAP with an SSID
that has broadcast enabled.
Auto band runs separately from auto channel configuration. If a radio’s
band is changed, associated stations will be disconnected and will then
reconnect.
14. Channel Configuration: Automatic channel configuration is a method
for channel allocation. When the AP performs auto channel
configuration, you may optionally instruct it to first negotiate with any
other nearby APs that have been detected, to determine whether to
stagger the start time for the procedure slightly. Thus, nearby APs will not
run auto channel at the same time. This prevents APs from interfering
with each other’s channel assignments.
The Configuration Status field displays whether an Auto Configure
cycle is currently running on this AP or not.
Click Auto Configure to instruct the AP to determine the best channel
allocation settings for each enabled IAP and select the channel
automatically, based on changes in the environment. This is the
recommended method for channel allocation (see “RF Spectrum
Management” on page 361). The following options may be selected for
auto configuration:
• Negotiate: negotiate air-time with other APs before performing a full
scan. Negotiating is slower, but if multiple APs are configuring
channels at the same time the Negotiate option ensures that multiple
APs don't select the same channels. Turning off the Negotiate option
allows the Auto Configure button to manually perform auto channel
without waiting, and may be used when you know that no other
nearby APs are configuring their channels.
Note that Auto Channel normally assigns individual channels. However, if
you select Auto bond 5GHz channels on the Global Settings .11n page,
and have 40MHz channels set up prior to running Auto Channel, those
bonds will be preserved. 80MHz bonds will not be preserved.
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