Verify The Configuration; Feature Tests; L2 Start Roaming Test; Auto Channel Adjustment After Associating With Ap2 - D-Link DWL-3500AP Configuration Manual

1.7. Verify the Configuration

1. From a wireless client, verify that you can see the Guest Network SSID.
2. Using a wireless client, connect to the Guest Network.
3. Check the IP address that the switch DHCP server assigned.
4. Try pinging from a client on the Guest Network to the switch or AP IP address. The
ping should pass. Try web browsing to the switch IP address. The browse should fail
because of the ACL.
1.8.

Feature Tests

This section has some recommend tests you can perform to demonstrate some of the
Unified Access System features. Note that the images in this section show IP address and
other configuration information that is different than the configuration used in Scenario 1.
These images are provide for reference and are not intended to be an exact match of what
you see on your switch.

1.8.1. L2 Start Roaming Test

Try roaming between the two APs (you can simulate this by disconnecting an AP from
the switch port that you are currently associated with assuming you are utilizing PoE to
power the AP). Check the associated client statistics to see whic h AP the client
associates with and to observe that the client has roamed to be associated with the other
AP. If you start a Ping between the client and the WS, you will also observe minimal
packet loss during a roam.

1.8.2. Auto channel adjustment after associating with AP2

To check the current operating channel and to see if any channel adjustment is required,
select the WLAN tab from the navigation panel and traverse down to Monitoring à
Access Points à Managed Access Points.
When an AP is powered up, the Initial Channel Selection (ICS) algorithm is used to
select the best operating channel. The algorithm scans all the available channels (based
on the country code) by counting the number of packets received on each channel and
selects the channel with the lowest packet count.
A second algorithm, Auto Channel Adjustment (ACA) is used to periodically evaluate
the operating channel. The radio must be configured for Auto Channel Adjustment. This
can be done by selecting the Automatic Channel check box in the Radio tab of the
Basic Setup page. By default this parameter is enabled.
Note: Any changes made to the profile configuration must be explicitly applied to the AP.
To apply the profile, navigate to Administration à Advanced Configuration à AP
Profiles, select the profile to apply, and click Apply. This will temporarily disable the
radios as the new configuration is applied to the access points that use the profile. In
other words, you can make and submit one or many changes to an AP profile however
these configuration modifications will not be applied to the AP until you manually apply