Client Aware just means that the AP will not change channel when clients are associated and are passing meaningful traffic.
You should put in the radio profile what you want the true min/max to be.
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Original Message:
Sent: Oct 03, 2021 08:57 PM
From: Lawrence Brandt
Subject: IAP-515 cluster - why does AP power column always says 9dbm, even if I set the APs to be 22 or something else?
Hi,
Thanks again!
OK, I can turn Client-Aware off, but I thought that keeping existing clients on the AP they got the best signal was a good idea? So when Client Aware is off (in the ARM profile), clients will move more? I thought CA "knew" when the signal was too weak and chose another AP that was stronger? Or is that another option?
Thanks,
-Ambi
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Ambidexter
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Original Message:
Sent: Oct 03, 2021 08:38 PM
From: Colin Joseph
Subject: IAP-515 cluster - why does AP power column always says 9dbm, even if I set the APs to be 22 or something else?
the per radio profiles do override the ARM profiles. You should edit them and ensure the ARM client aware is off. It could take some time for the channels to change, but the transmit should change fairly quickly.
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Original Message:
Sent: Oct 03, 2021 08:20 PM
From: Lawrence Brandt
Subject: IAP-515 cluster - why does AP power column always says 9dbm, even if I set the APs to be 22 or something else?
Hi,
Thanks for the reply!
I can certainly try those items. I have restricted channels where IDS shows offending, local, interference from other endpoints or APs which are not the client's (i.e. 1, 6, 11, etc.) . I have tried the various Apple-centric ways of client-following for APs so that's why Client Match and other IEEE options are used.
My original question is why is every has the low value for "Power". I may have found out. If I look in RF -> Radios, on the GUI, I see no changes:
But if I look in the config, the g and a radio profiles look like this:
rf dot11g-radio-profile
max-distance 0
max-tx-power 9
min-tx-power 6
disable-arm-wids-functions off
free-channel-index 40
rf dot11a-radio-profile
max-distance 0
max-tx-power 18
min-tx-power 12
disable-arm-wids-functions off
This seems to happen because editing "default" allows us to change the values, but they still show up as "default" with no other values in the GUI?
Does the "default" profile really limit the radios this much? Or is this something that's not really happening but shows up in the config? Is this why the max transmit power is so low - despite me putting 24 dbm on the ARM profile?
Thanks,
Ambi
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Lawrence Brandt
Original Message:
Sent: Oct 03, 2021 06:29 PM
From: Colin Joseph
Subject: IAP-515 cluster - why does AP power column always says 9dbm, even if I set the APs to be 22 or something else?
You have two three issues:
Your bands for wide channels should be either "none" or 5ghz. Allowing 40mhz on 2.4ghz will cause the problems you are witnessing with drops. Client aware should be unchecked. Also your regulatory domain you valid 2.4ghz channels should only be allowing 1,6,11 instead of all channels 1-11. Lastly, your transmit power is so low due to the interference caused by your existing configuration (running wide bands or 40mhz channels on 2.4ghz band). Fix the first two issues and you might have fewer disconnects.
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