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  • 1.  Wireless clients roaming

    Posted Jan 24, 2024 10:43 PM

    How do i configure in the Aruba Central to prevent my clients from "sticking" to one particular AP ?

    We want to ensure that when clients moved around, they will connect to the nearest available AP and not connect to the 1st one 



  • 2.  RE: Wireless clients roaming

    Posted Jan 25, 2024 09:31 AM

    ClientMatch is the feature that assists in this behavior and is enabled by default.  Tuning the RF transmit power and minimum rates can help, but setting those values incorrectly can also have a detrimental impact on your network performance.

    What version of AOS are you running?



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    Carson Hulcher, ACEX#110
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  • 3.  RE: Wireless clients roaming

    Posted Jan 25, 2024 08:43 PM

    Yes, our ClientMatch is enabled.

    we did try to increase the transmit power

    Our AOS is 8.6.xx.




  • 4.  RE: Wireless clients roaming

    Posted Jan 26, 2024 03:28 AM

    what IAP models do you have and what version of Instant 8.6.x are you running?



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  • 5.  RE: Wireless clients roaming

    Posted Jan 29, 2024 08:56 PM

    i have AP303 and AP505.

    firmware is 8.6.0.16_83052




  • 6.  RE: Wireless clients roaming

    Posted Jan 26, 2024 09:42 AM

    Increasing transmit power just exacerbates the problem as you extending the distance at which the client receives beacons from the AP.

    In most well-designed wireless networks of a sufficient density, the maximum transmit you want to allow on the 5 GHz band is 18 dBm.

    AOS 8.6 is EOS, highly recommend you look at upgrading to at least 8.10.



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    Carson Hulcher, ACEX#110
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