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Figure 37 Configuration > Wireless > DCS
Each field is described in the following table.
Table 30 Configuration > Wireless > DCS
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Select Now Click this to have the NWA scan for and select an available channel immediately.
Enable Dynamic Select this to have the NWA automatically select the radio channel upon which it
Channel Selection broadcasts by scanning the area around it and determining what channels are currently
being used by other devices.
DCS Time Interval Enter a number of minutes. This regulates how often the NWA 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 NWA will then dynamically select the next available
clean channel or a channel with lower interference.
Enable DCS Client Select this to have the AP wait until all connected clients have disconnected before
Aware 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 Channel Select how you want to specify the channels the NWA switches between for 2.4 GHz
Selection Method operation.
Select auto to have the NWA display a 2.4 GHz Channel Deployment field you can
use to limit channel switching to 3 or 4 channels.
Select manual to select the individual channels the NWA switches between. Select
channels from the Available channels list and use the right arrow button to move
them to the Channels selected list.
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