Wireless Access

It is better to leave them disabled, initially to get roaming working for all clients. 

802.11k improves roaming for some clients, but not all clients implement it completely, and some don't like it, depending on the parameters configured, so best leave it off.

802.11r improves roaming for IOS clients, more than anything else.  Most other clients already support OKC, so they don't need 802.11r.  Some clients do not like 802.11r, so it should be left off, unless you have a problem with IOS clients roaming.

Both parameters work good when you can test all of your clients with it to know all of the effects of them.  You can still get good roaming without enabling either by finding the proper transmit power for your access points.

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Original Message:
Sent: Oct 30, 2023 07:14 AM
From: Sar@_23
Subject: 802.11 k & r

REPLYOPTIONS DROPDOWN

Is it a better practise to advertise 802.11 k & r capabilities? What is the benfit?

Thanks Joseph,

Then what about Advertise 802.11d and 802.11h Capabilities: in 5GHz radio? 

In our place we have 152 APs and roaming issue, os are diffrenet such as IOS devices, Win, Linux, and..... then what is the best way to optimize roaming? 

in this document propose to enable 802.11R for fast roaming "RF and Roaming Optimization for
Aruba 802.11ac Networks"

Best,

Ghasem

Original Message:
Sent: Oct 30, 2023 09:03 AM
From: cjoseph
Subject: 802.11 k & r

It is better to leave them disabled, initially to get roaming working for all clients. 

802.11k improves roaming for some clients, but not all clients implement it completely, and some don't like it, depending on the parameters configured, so best leave it off.

802.11r improves roaming for IOS clients, more than anything else.  Most other clients already support OKC, so they don't need 802.11r.  Some clients do not like 802.11r, so it should be left off, unless you have a problem with IOS clients roaming.

Both parameters work good when you can test all of your clients with it to know all of the effects of them.  You can still get good roaming without enabling either by finding the proper transmit power for your access points.

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Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.

HPE Design and Deploy Guides: https://community.arubanetworks.com/support/migrated-knowledge-base?attachments=&communitykey=dcc83c62-1a3a-4dd8-94dc-92968ea6fff1&pageindex=0&pagesize=12&search=&sort=most_recent&viewtype=card

Original Message:
Sent: Oct 30, 2023 07:14 AM
From: Sar@_23
Subject: 802.11 k & r

REPLYOPTIONS DROPDOWN

Is it a better practise to advertise 802.11 k & r capabilities? What is the benfit?