Wi-Fi Band Steering - Samsung WEC8500 Operation Manual

Wi-Fi Band Steering

This is a function of leading a UE which supports the Dual Band (2.4/5.0 GHz) to be
connected to 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz to secure more stabilized performance if many resources
are used in a specific radio.
Activating Band Steering Function
You can activate the Band Steering function by WLAN and the 5.0 GHz band steering is
set as default upon Band Steering On.
Configuration using CLI
To activate or deactivate the Band Steering function, execute the command as follows:
1
APC# configure terminal
APC/configure# wlan 1
APC/configure/wlan 1#
2
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# band-steering enable
WLAN (1) band steering is On (5-GHz preferred)
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# no band-steering enable
WLAN (1) band steering is Off
3
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# band-steering 1
WLAN (1) band steering is On (5-GHz preferred)
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# band-steering 2
WLAN (1) band steering is On (2.4-GHz preferred)
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WEC8500/WEC8050 (APC) Operation Manual v10.1
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Configure a specific WLAN which requires the steering band.
Activate or deactivate the Band Steering function.
o band-steering [MODE]
Parameter
Mode
Select a steering band.
o band-steering [VALUE]
Parameter
VALUE
Add an entry to the dual band station database.
o band-steering add-station [MAC]
Parameter
MAC
Description
Whether to configure the Band Steering function
• enable: Setting
• disable: Release (by default)
Description
1 (5.0 GHz), 2 (2.4 GHz)
Description
Station MAC Address
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