Chapter 13 AP Control
SBG3500-N Series User’s Guide
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The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 71 Network Setting > AP Control > DCS
LABEL DESCRIPTION
General Settings
Select Now Click the Select Now button to have the managed APs scan for and select an available
channel immediately.
Enable
Dynamic
Channel
Selection
Click this check box to DCS for the APs that the SBG3500-N Series manages.
DCS Time
Interval
Enter a number of minutes. This regulates how often the SBG3500-N Series surveys the
other APs within its broadcast radius. If the channel on which it is currently broadcasting
suddenly comes into use by another AP, the SBG3500-N Series will then dynamically select
the next available clean channel or a channel with lower interference.
Enable DCS
Client Aware
Select this to have the AP wait until all connected clients have disconnected before switching
channels.
If you disable this then the AP switches channels immediately regardless of any client
connections. In this instance, clients that are connected to the AP when it switches channels
are dropped.
2.4 GHz Settings
2.4 GHz
Channel
Selection
Method
Select auto to have the AP search for available channels automatically in the 2.4 GHz band.
The available channels vary depending on what you select in the 2.4 GHz Channel
Deployment field.
Select manual and specify the channels the AP uses in the 2.4 GHz band.
2.4 GHz
Channel
Selection
The check boxes list the channels that are available in the 2.4 GHz band. Select the
channels that you want the AP to use, and click the check boxes to add them. Click again to
delete them.
In the United States, it is restriced to use radio channels 1 to 11 when using the 20 MHz
bandwidth channel. When using the 40 MHz bandwidth channel, only radio channels 3 to 9
are allowed.
5 GHz Settings
Enable 5 GHz
DFS Aware
Select this if your APs are operating in an area known to have RADAR devices. This allows
the device to downgrade its frequency to below 5 GHz in the event a RADAR signal is
detected, thus preventing it from interfering with that signal.
Enabling this forces the AP to select a non-DFS channel.
5 GHz Channel
Selection
Method
Select auto to have the AP search for available channels automatically in the 5 GHz band.
Select manual and specify the channels the AP uses in the 5 GHz band.
5 GHz Channel
Selection
This check boxes list s the channels that are available in the 5 GHz band. Select the
channels that you want the AP to use, and click the check boxes to add them. Click again to
delete them.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes to the SBG3500-N Series.
Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving your changes.
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